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Maxmilián Pirner (1854–1924) - Homo Homini Lupus, 1901
watercolour, pen and ink, and white paint on paper
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Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ayyas al-Misri (d. 1523/4 AD), Kitab ‘ajaib al-akhbar li-khutat misr al-amsar (a historical and geographical work on Egypt), copied by the author, Egypt, dated 925 AH/1519 AD (Sotheby's)
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Marxan Gaukhman-Sverdlov/ Sketch for the movie “Strange adults”, Cooks’ room. 1974 Марксэн Гаухман-Свердлов. Эскиз к кинофильму «Странные взрослые», комната Кукса. 1974
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Doris Salcedo, Untitled, Istanbul 2003.
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Filippino Lippi - An Angel Carrying a Torch. N.d., between 1500 and 1504
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Jocelyne Saab - Beirut, Never Again (1976)
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世の中は―地獄の上の―花見かな In this world―We walk on the roof of hell―Gazing at flowers ―Kobayashi Issa
Mothlight, Stan Brakhage, 1962
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Ann Hamilton: ‘Kaph’ silk gloves embroidered with numbers (1997)
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15th century metal mask, used to torture prisoners by being heated red hot & clamped onto their face.
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Mirza Mohammad Seifi Qazwini / ميرزا محمد سيفي قزويني (Emadolkottab / عمادولكوتاب)'s writings from prison after being arrested for his membership in كوميتيي موجزات (the Punishment Committee).
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