He's enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Many consider him the greatest hitter of all time. There's a Ted Williams' Way in Boston. How else can we celebrate the career and life of the former Red Sox slugger?

The Ted Williams Memorial Display with Death Mask from The Ben Afflect 2004 World Series Collection. Now showing at the First Street Gallery (526 W 26th Street; 11-6 Tues-Sat).

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It is, in fact, a cast of all that remains of Ted, as his head was "clinically decapitated" -- chopped off -- after he died. It was then frozen in a tank of liquid nitrogen in the hope that future medical science would be able to defrost it and bring Ted back to life. Proponents of this procedure call it "cryonic slumber."

Daniel Edwards is the artist behind "Death Mask." Here's his philosophy: "I believe a thousand dollars spent on ebay could yield a more interesting and relevant exhibit than a thousand spent at Sotheby’s, any day. It simply depends on the story you can generate from a given object. A Rembrandt may not be as intriguing as an ordinary household appliance once you’ve learned, for instance, that same appliance was used to bludgeon unsuspecting town’s folk a century ago."

Next month: Babe Ruth's exhumed liver and paintings depicting Jason Giambi's shrunken testicles.