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SALVO

Italy born 1947


Salvo e vivo/Salvo e morto
[Salvo is alive/Salvo is dead]
(1973)
Sculpture, marble, incised letters, gold paint
Primary Insc: recto c. "SALVO/ E/ VIVO", verso c. "SALVO/ E/ MORTO"
111.6 h x 118.0 w x 3.2 d cm
Purchased 1980
Accession No: NGA 80.4324AB
Provenance:
  • John Weber Gallery, New York;
  • from whom bought by the Australian National Gallery, September 1980