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Note that the seven Paulo Bruscky photocopied prints are recorded as separate entries in the database and stored in the Bruscky box. The Archive includes eight photocopied prints and an exhibition announcement card of Clemente Padin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover is a postcard of the Acapulco Hotel, the Baroni family hotel where Vittore works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The recto depicts a collaged, torn, fragmented 50 lira bill surrounded by fragmented letraset letters. The verso contains a message to Marvin Sackner regarding his activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The set of collages made in homage to Spatola's recent death, exceptionally well characterizes his personality and physical appearance. Note that four collages are framed and two of them will be hung. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The work was based on a copy-art installation by Baroni for the "Ear Nerve" festival in Naples, Italy held in September 1988. Wikipedia: A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you will die is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Popular belief says the phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph, standing behind him was his slave, tasked with reminding the general that, although at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall, or "” more likely "” be brought down. The servant is thought to have conveyed this with the warning, "Memento mori.".It is further possible that the servant may have instead advised, "Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!": "Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you'll die!", as noted by Tertullian in his Apologeticus. The thought came into its own with Christianity,whose strong emphasis on divine judgment, Heaven, Hell, and the...