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A book with a latex cover, turning brown and breaking apart with age, with blue plastic letters…
Desiderata
A book with a latex cover, turning brown and breaking apart with age, with blue plastic letters “DESIDERATA” connected by red thread scattered on its front cover. The work is pictured within a grey storage box with protective cotton batting padding folded out to reveal the object.

Desiderata

Artist Ben Kinmont (born 1963)
Dateca. 1994
Mediumbook with latex, thread, and plastic letters
ClassificationsMixed-media object
DimensionsObject Size HxWxD: 7 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in.
Credit LineGift of Margareta Löhr in memory of her beloved son Helmut
Object number2012.1.46
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