Laurier 03 Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, 2010s, Excellent Condition
By Hédy Gobaa
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The photographic representations are digitally flattened versions of what once was, and perhaps what no longer is: The paintings perform a high tech memento mori. Reproductions of th...
Canvas, Oil
Herbes Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, 2010s, Excellent Condition
By Hédy Gobaa
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The photographic representations are digitally flattened versions of what once was, and perhaps what no longer is: The paintings perform a high tech memento mori. Reproductions of th...
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Italian Baroque Repousse Silver Cross Cherub Sculpture on Stand
Located in Buisson, FR
The four trefoil terminals are adorned with winged cherub heads nestled within scrolling Baroque volutes, while the base showcases a historical memento mori motif. The silver surface...
Silver
Plegaria
By Fidel Santos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this way, Plegaria functions as a memento mori, a quiet reminder of mortality and the inevitability of loss.
Plexiglass, Archival Ink
$1,995 / set
Pair of 18th century Wax "Damned Souls" Roundels
Located in Leesburg, VA
Framed within their original ebonized wooden surrounds, these medallions serve as compelling examples of the historical tradition of memento mori—a sobering yet beautiful reminder of...
Ebony
Heaven Is a Place on Earth K.Husslein abstract figurative contemporary painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Gothic Skull Charm 14k Yellow Gold Diamond Full Band Ring Jewelry US 7
Located in Jaipur, IN
Overall Aesthetic: Merging a definitive Gothic / Punk edge with traditional fine jewelry materials, this ring acts as a provocative everyday statement piece, a rebellious fashion sta...
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
The hour love stood still - K.Husslein Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,936
Soul meets Soul on Lover's Lips - K.Husslein Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
In a world of temporary things you are my forever - K.Husslein flower Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$683
Our love is not a spark that fades K.Husslein abstract figurative painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,619
Our love is not a spark that fades K.Husslein abstract figurative painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,391
And if the angels watch K.Husslein abstract figurative contemporary painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
What is Love by K Husslein Botanical Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Growing toward each other K.Husslein abstract figurative contemporary painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$865Sale Price|20% Off
Hyperrealistic Floral Still Life: The Heart Has Its Reasons
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Our Love to be One by K Husslein Botanical Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
David Shapiro: Rene Ricard vintage poetry tombstone print "carved in stone"
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
The printed shape of the stone recurs frequently in Ricard's work, here functioning as a pun ("carve his poems in stone") and as a memento mori, a gravestone bearing the two poets' n...
Lithograph
$2,847
There is a language in the space between - K.Husslein flower Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,847
My lips still remember the taste, pomegranate - K.Husslein flower Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Love Don’t Meet Somewhere Oil Painting, Floral Still Life, 100x100 cm
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Love Don’t Meet Somewhere Oil Painting, Floral Still Life, 100x100 cm
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Flottant à la Surface, Original Oil Painting, Forest Undergrowth
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
Red and Green Oil Painting on Canvas, Forest Undergrowth, 70x50cm
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
Sometimes I fell like I was just born to love Husslein Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,076
End of December - Photo-realistic Oil Painting, Autumn, Close-up Nature Scene
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Better Off Dead, a Unique Glass Still Life Installation Art Work by Elliot Walk
By Elliot Walker
Located in London, GB
Symbols of domestic life are carefully balanced with the transient. Inspired by Memento Mori artworks, Walker has hot free sculpted in glass, the white skull that sits balanced on th...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
I kissed you so many Times under the infini K.Husslein Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Love me for love's sake - K.Husslein Flower Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Fruit and Vessels
Located in Stockholm, SE
Such vanitas undercurrents were common in still lifes of the Baroque era, wherein luxurious objects doubled as memento mori. Here, the glittering glass and gilded cup, emblems of ref...
Oil, Wood Panel
$19,382Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting
By Pieter Casteels III
Located in Hagley, England
As a nod to the passage of time or memento mori the flowers are all fully opened and the central tulip about to drop its petals.
Oil
A Very Difficult Game Indeed (Study) - Still Life Drawing of Bird Skull
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Here, the skull operates as a contemporary memento mori, while the cards evoke both probability and fate.
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
$5,330
Spring Behind the Shaded Walls - Contemporary Figurative Realistic Oil Painting
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
Bvlgari Monete Gold Ring with Ancient Coin of Nero (37–68 AD), Circa 1980.
By Bulgari
Located in Malmö, Skåne län
In this way, a Nero coin can function as a subtle memento mori — a meditation on glory, excess, and inevitable decline.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$2,082Sale Price|30% Off
Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake
By Francesco Clemente
Located in New York, NY
Clemente contrasts the traditional Memento Mori imagery of a clock, marking the mortality of man, with the snake, a symbol of renewal and rebirth.
Lithograph
Mirror Atomic by Antonio Cagianelli, Italy, Contemporary, 2017
By Antonio Cagianelli
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Participation MIART Contemporary Art Fair in March 2011 with Galleria Paola Colombari. 2010 Edizioni Galleria Colombari New Collection 2010 - April 2010 Furniture Fair Milano Show ...
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Contemporary Lamps Atomic Gold Leaf by Antonio Cagianelli, Italy
By Antonio Cagianelli
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Participation MIART Contemporary Art Fair in March 2011 with Galleria Paola Colombari. 2010 Edizioni Galleria Colombari New Collection 2010 - April 2010 Furniture Fair Milano Show je...
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Clemente Untitled A: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean and animals
By Francesco Clemente
Located in New York, NY
Clemente contrasts the traditional Memento Mori imagery of a clock, marking the mortality of man, with the snake, a symbol of renewal and rebirth.
Lithograph
TAKASHI MURAKAMI DOB & Me On the Red... Hand signed & numbered Superflat Pop Art
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Madrid, Madrid
In the background, a soft, pinkish tone serves as a clean canvas that highlights the ghostly mound of skulls — uncolored and slightly blurred — evoking the idea of memento mori, but ...
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
Bowie in Space - Mixed Media - 3d Portrait - one of a kind piece -
By StrosbergMandel
Located in New York, NY
The ebb & flow in the work, physically kinetic or implied, is symbolic of life – in the guise of Memento Mori. Independent curator and critic and former director of the Neuberger Mus...
Mixed Media
![Film Noir Mark [Portrait of Mark Morrisroe]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_9323/1537991618795/Smith_Film_Noir_Mark_Boston_1980_1stdibs_master.jpg?width=240)
Price Upon Request
Film Noir Mark [Portrait of Mark Morrisroe]
Located in New York, NY
In 2012 Smith self-published a photo memoir, “Mark Morrisroe: Memento Mori,” based on her portraits of Morrisroe.
Silver Gelatin
![Mark and the Gloves [Portrait of Mark Morrisroe]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_9323/a_33541431537993032335/MARK_AND_THE_GLOVES_Portrait_of_Mark_Morrisroe_1stdibs_master.jpg?width=240)
Mark and the Gloves [Portrait of Mark Morrisroe]
Located in New York, NY
In 2012 Smith self-published a photo memoir, “Mark Morrisroe: Memento Mori,” based on her portraits of Morrisroe.
Silver Gelatin
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Ian Hornak, Dead, Circa 1963
By Ian Hornak
Located in Southampton, NY
Ian Hornak etching, Dead, bird study, memento mori, American printmaking, early work, undergraduate etching, symbolic realism, Photorealism pioneer, Hyperrealism, East Hampton estate.
Etching
Price Upon Request
10 Years Corruption of Art inside a Can by David Gamble - From Warhol's Kitchen
By David Gamble
Located in Chicago, IL
As a consumable everyday object bearing an “August 1990” expiry date, the can has become the ultimate Warhol memento mori. Its ability to preserve food from decay has been extended f...
C Print
Price Upon Request
30yrs The Death of Art inside a Can Triptych by David Gamble - Andy Warhol
By David Gamble
Located in Chicago, IL
As a consumable everyday object bearing an “August 1990” expiry date, the can has become the ultimate Warhol memento mori. Its ability to preserve food from decay has been extended f...
Inkjet
Elegy in Plastic
By Kumikaho Oshima
Located in PARIS, FR
The skull imagery printed on the interior walls introduces a subtle memento mori, counterbalancing the pastel tones of the dolls with a reminder of impermanence.
Plastic, Plexiglass, LED Light, Wax
American Folk Art Portrait of a Young Child Holding a Slipper, c. 1830–1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
For many years, scholars thought a child shown with a single shoe removed signified that the child had died before the portrait was made (a subtle memento mori). Indeed, some memoria...
Canvas, Paint
Titulado "Dans le filet" - Óleo sobre papel - Firmado y enmarcado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La presencia recurrente de cráneos sirve como un crudo memento mori, recordando a los espectadores su propia impermanencia.
Oil
Make me immortal with a Kiss - K Husslein Botanical Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
Paysage de Normandie
By Maurice Levis
Located in San Francisco, CA
It is tempting to wonder if Levis was creating a modern form of memento mori, a remembrance of a time before the devastation and violation that World War I brought to this part of Fr...
Aquatint
And suddenly being loved by you - K Husslein Botanical Hyperrealistic Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
The botanical paintings by Katharina Husslein have a 'carpe diem' and 'memento Mori' character. Showcasing the beauty of a moment in time that is fragile and has to be enjoyed while ...
Canvas, Oil
$28,701Sale Price|20% Off
Penitent Magdalene and St. John the Baptist, oil on slate, early 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
The figure of the Magdalene emerges from the darkness, leaning to follow the curve of the stone support; it is depicted vaulted with an interrogative air towards the dark, as if in a...
Oil
19th Century Antique Framed Oil Painting: 'La Seine au Petit Andely'
By Maurice Levis
Located in St. Albans, GB
It is tempting to wonder if Levis was creating a modern form of memento mori, a remembrance of a time before the devastation and violation that World War I brought to this part of Fr...
Canvas, Oil
$7,000
Maggie in Helmet Portrait Oil Painting Richard Butler Psychedelic Furs Front Man
Located in Surfside, FL
Butler co-wrote "Ghosts Again" with Martin Gore, the first single from the Depeche Mode album Memento Mori, released on February 9, 2023. He also co-wrote three other songs on that a...
Canvas, Oil
American Abstract Expressionist California Oil Canvas Painting Still Life 1937
By Hans Gustav Burkhardt
Located in Portland, OR
As art historian Donald Kuspit stated, Burkhardt was “a master—indeed the inventor—of the abstract memento mori.” In 1964, for the first time in forty years, Burkhardt returned to Ba...
Oil
$14,500
Beautiful, Everlasting, Inexhaustibly Interesting, Revelatory Painting Signed
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Although without precedent in art history, the work operates as a traditional memento mori using an object to address the transience of human existence.
Plywood, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée
Cubist, Louis Marcoussis, etching, 1931, Mort de Nerval, edition 153
By Louis Marcoussis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The image can also be understood as a modern memento mori. It contains none of the traditional emblems of the genre—skull, extinguished candle, or hourglass—but the fragile body caug...
Etching
YBA YoungBritishArtist Jewelry Sculpture First US Gallery Exhibit NYC 2000-2001
By Contemporary
Located in Chicago, IL
Notably, the facial scar that became Deitch's personalized memento mori of Bradshaw was obtained when the gallerist tried to protect the fall of a large male party guest who accident...
Mixed Metal
In Bloom - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid, Painting
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It’s not something of which I was completely aware in the beginning of the project, but I realize now that with each photo I took, I was leaving behind a memento mori of sorts. I had...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Ghost Story - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid, Painting
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
It’s not something of which I was completely aware in the beginning of the project, but I realize now that with each photo I took, I was leaving behind a memento mori of sorts. I had...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid