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Concept

Masks

Images

  • Death-mask of a man, possibly of C. Heidegger. Line engraving with etching by J.H. Lips, 1779.
  • Two designs for flags possibly for a theatrical company. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.
  • An advertisement for the premiere of the film 'The mask' on 1 December 1994 at the Kinepolis in Brussels to mark World AIDS Day in support of AIDS. Photocopy.
  • A family, all members wearing grotesque masks, the father in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
  • A sailor, proposed as a member of a society in which masks are worn at meetings, makes enquiries to its chairman using nautical vocabulary. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward.
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Catalogue

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    Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself.

    Verchère, J. | Reference: 41344i
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    A masque. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.

    Spalart, Robert von. | Date: [1804?-1811?] | Reference: 662166i
    Part of: Costumes, manners, customs and material culture in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Coloured engravings, ca. 1804-1811.
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    Two designs for flags possibly for a theatrical company. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.

    Yver, Pieter, 1712-1787. | Date: 1743 | Reference: 34047i
    • Ephemera

    Leather & rubber / Clone Zone.

    | Date: [Approximately 1992?]
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    Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and trash line design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 676858i
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