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Nature Morte au Crane de Taureau - Musée Cantini (after) Pablo Picasso, 1959
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
1942.
Skulls, traditional symbols of the memento mori in Western art history, fascinated Picasso
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original Contemporary Etching, Roses, Flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history.
In my daily life, in my nature walks, I
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Im_mortelle, Original Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Floral, Bas-relief
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
“memento mori” in art history.
In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Futile, Original Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Roses, Flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history.
In my daily life, in my nature walks, I
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Carved Wood Religious Statue of a Saint holding skull
Located in Buffalo, NY
Skull in Art:
Memento Mori: The primary meaning; a reminder that death is inevitable, encouraging a
Category
Antique 1890s German Gothic Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
Memento Mori
By Nicholas
Sheila Pye
Located in Bethesda, MD
works. The work, "Memento Mori" was a centerpiece of their exhibition entitled "Vanitas" in 2008. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Photographic Paper
Memento Mori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gallery in Chicago. She is a former member of the Committee for Women in the Arts at the College Art
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Memento mori
Located in Veendam, NL
Marion Kraus (1953) is a Dutch contemporary art painter and digital photographer. In her oeuvre she
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Memento Mori
Located in London, GB
agency and art galleries around the world, gaining him a reputation as one of a leading street
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Memento Mori 2
By Kate MacDowell
Located in Miami, FL
Slip cast and hand built porcelain with glaze. Classical theme of Memento Mori, with contemporary
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Sculptures
Antique Memento Mori Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
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Vanity skull in plaster painted, mo...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Victorian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plaster
Holy Head - Skull, Abstract, Memento Mori, Acrylic, 21dt Century, Dark, Painting
By Gogi Gelantia
Located in Berlin, DE
. The edges of the canvas are inhabited by life-like flies. Following in the tradition of Memento Mori
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS - skull, roses, and black swan (memento mori)
By Taylor Robenalt
Located in Seattle, WA
"Art has been an obsession of mine since I was a little girl. It allows me an outlet to represent a
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Stoneware, Glaze, Mixed Media
Very Rare French Earthenware Memento Mori Skull Paving Tile, circa 1530
Located in Concord, MA
A very rare French "Memento Mori" tile used in French paving from the 13th-17th century. Comparable
Category
Antique 16th Century French Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Memento Mori Pin Mounted with Large Japanese Carved Angel Skin Coral Skull
Located in Port Hope, ON
This silver metal Memento Mori pin features a large (1.0" long X 0.5" wide) grinning skull
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Coral, Silver Plate
Monet Water Lilies by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
for Lost Nihility, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, 2003
Memento Memento Mori, Kong-Pyong Art Center, Seoul
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Van Gogh Sunflowers Still-life by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
for Lost Nihility, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, 2003
Memento Memento Mori, Kong-Pyong Art Center, Seoul
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Portrait of Pablo Picasso by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
for Lost Nihility, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, 2003
Memento Memento Mori, Kong-Pyong Art Center, Seoul
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
"Degas Ballet Dancer at the Barre" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
for Lost Nihility, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, 2003
Memento Memento Mori, Kong-Pyong Art Center, Seoul
Category
2010s Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
"Van Gogh Portrait in Green" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
for Lost Nihility, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, 2003
Memento Memento Mori, Kong-Pyong Art Center, Seoul
Category
2010s Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
"Van Gogh Portrait in Red" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
for Lost Nihility, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, 2003
Memento Memento Mori, Kong-Pyong Art Center, Seoul
Category
2010s Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
"Degas Ballet Dancer on Pointe" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
for Lost Nihility, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, 2003
Memento Memento Mori, Kong-Pyong Art Center, Seoul
Category
2010s Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Along University at Toronto G20
Located in Toronto, Ontario
warped forms on canvas, imbibing them with a sense of uneasiness. Referencing the memento mori of
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)
By Mr Brainwash
Located in Aventura, FL
Artist: Cryptik is a Los Angeles based artist who creates works of art that explore the realm of
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Memento Mori Skull on Bible
Located in Palm Beach, FL
skull sits atop a bible and adjacent to a rosary. What sets this memento mori apart is its rather
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau More Art
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Prisoner of War Memento Mori
Located in London, GB
Prisoner of War Memento Mori
This unusual object is made from cow bone. Likely to have been
Category
Antique 1850s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
Memento Mori Carved and Polychrome Painted Wood 1780
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautifully crafted pine 18th century Memento Mori depicting a Skull set upon a book, probably
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Baroque Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
19th Century Pair of Memento Mori Carved Pine Folk Art Skulls
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful pair of pine skull plaques, nievely carved from pine with their original painted finish.
Likely too of been part of larger sculpture, frame or religious icon.
19t...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Memento Mori American 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
Rare American folk-art Memento Mori of Hiram Aluro Hill, died age 11, 1845.
Good penmanship
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Portrait of a Gentleman with Skull, Memento Mori oil on panel
Located in London, GB
matching wrist cuffs, sits within a genre known as memento mori. In medieval times the theory and practise
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 19th Century Italian Giltwood Skull
Crossbones Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 19th century Italian gilt wood Memento Mori skull & crossbones.
Likely to of been part
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
19th Century Embroidered Silk Work Memento Mori Morning Scene Sampler Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A hand embroidered work in muted colors, typical of the scene and subject. The piece would off likely been produced by a young woman and taken many hours to complete.
The image de...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Silk, Mahogany
Early 20th Century Memento Mori Reminder Curiosity Face in the Mirror
Located in Lowestoft, GB
turn of century mercury mirror plate.
Possibly in relation to a death (Memento Mori) or for just
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Oak
17th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee
Category
Antique 17th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Portuguese Memento Mori Painted Skull Cabinet
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a truly unique Memento Mori cabinet or chest found in Portugal. Three ample drawers and
Category
20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Memento Mori Skull Painting, Profile View, Original Oil on Canvas Still Life
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Vanitas paintings (painting of skulls) first came into favor in the 16th century made popular by the Dutch painters. They were a unique genre in which the skull was a reminder of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee
Category
Antique 18th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Memento mori: a skeleton, a scythe, an hourglass painted tile, Italy 1690.
Located in Milan, IT
Memento Mori. A rare glazed terracotta tile with a blue painting on a white background, depicting a
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
Late 18th Century Engraving Human Skeleton by James Neagle Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An late 18th century engraving depicting the internal framework of the human body (skeleton)
age related foxing to all edgers of the paper ground, later glazed and framed in a per...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Naive Half Length Portrait Young Lady in Mourning Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pleasantly naive half length portrait of a young lady wearing black and her hands clutching, possibly a lady in mourning.
19th Century in age, European in origin.
Age related...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th C Pen
Ink Hand Inscribed Descriptions of Burial Chambers Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A written account and some wonderful naïve imagery of a 19th century burial chamber.
Later mounted and framed in an early 20th century ebonised and gilt slip frame.
33.5/28.5/2.5cm...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Antiquities
Materials
Pine, Paper
Italian Memento Mori skull - 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Italian Memento Mori skull
Marble
North of Italy, 17th century
H 9 x L 7 x P 14 cm
At the turn
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Early 19th C Maritime Sailor
s Coconut “Bugbear” Memento Mori Gun Powder Flask
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Antique nautical sailor's carved coconut “Bugbear” gun powder flask, late 18th/early 19th century with brass mounts and nozzle. Also with an unusual inset carved bone skull and cross...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Nautical Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
Mid Century Cast Metal "Memento Mori" Skull Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
mandible. There is a long tradition of the memento mori (latin "Remember Death") used in art to convey
Category
20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mexican Day of The Dead Dia De Los Muertos Carved Oak Memento Mori Skull
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized carved oak manically grinning skull, with original paint.
Late 19th century in age, likely to of been carved in the Guerrero district of Mexico and connected to the d...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Mexican Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak
Floral Still Life
Located in London, GB
life. Unlike memento mori art, vanitas paintings “also include other symbols such as musical
Category
1920s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Memento Mori: Skull on Bible Sculpture by László Mattyasovszky Zsolnay
By Zsolnay
Located in Palm Beach, FL
life. Memento mori is a latin term meaning: “remember, you must die.” Keeping reminders of inevitable
Category
Antique 1890s Hungarian Art Nouveau Bottles
Materials
Earthenware
Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in which the skull appears combined with reptiles; Memento Mori
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bone
Richard Minadeo Green Wedgewood Cameo Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal
Category
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Richard Minadeo Virgin Mary
Red Crystal Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his
Category
2010s American Drop Earrings
Richard Minadeo Gold Snake
Roman Bracelet
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of
Category
2010s American Cuff Bracelets
Richard Minadeo Onyx
Crown Cross Necklace
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and
Category
2010s American Pendant Necklaces
Richard Minadeo Three Tier Pink
Ivory Cameo Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of
Category
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Richard Minadeo Purple, Pink,
Gold Cross Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of
Category
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Richard Minadeo Pink Astrological Mystic Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his
Category
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Richard Minadeo White
Gold Capricorn Zodiac Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of
Category
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Memento Mori, a Victorian Final Finger
Located in Peekskill, NY
depicting skulls, skeletons, and other symbols of death. Churches would display memento mori art to compel
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
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How Much is a Memento Mori Art?
A piece of memento mori art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $950, while the lowest priced sells for $225 and the highest can go for as much as $22,031.
Questions About Memento Mori Art
- What is a memento mori ring?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021Memento mori ring is a ring that is an artistic reminder of the inevitability of death. ‘Memento mori’ is a Latin term that means “remember you must die.” These rings typically either feature a skull, crossbones or skeletons to prompt people to remember the shortness of life. Shop a range of memento mori rings on 1stDibs.
- What does memento mori mean?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Memento mori means “remember that you must die” in Latin. A memento mori is an object which serves as either a warning or reminder of death. An example of a memento mori is a skull.
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