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Mirth & Girth is a posthumous portrait painting by School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) student David K. Nelson Jr. depicting the recently deceased popular African-American mayor of Chicago Harold Washington wearing only a bra G-string garter belt and stockings. After a brief showing at a May 11 1988 private student exhibition in the Art Institute angry African-American aldermen including Ald. Allan Streeter Ald. Bobby Rush and Ald.

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