My apologies to all, I mean swabs, gauze with blood. Before the artists recent passing on, he instructed his brother and a good friend how to assemble the work. Nobody has seen the work but what I understand from the curator, it is his last work in which he wants to show his hardship and battle with his illness. As you understand there are no pictures available. Does this work fit in our collection? Yes, as it would be another work done by him. (We have about 1200 of his works) Would we buy the work anyway? I don’t know Does this work make an important contribution to society? Yes, it would be the last work of a well-known local artist. Does anyone on this list ever had to deal with conserving cotton gauze with blood? If so, how did you go about doing that? Please ignore the question on how to display the work, as this is the least of our worries. That the work could be hazardous is a big concern to us and as you understand, we would like to safeguard our visitors and ourselves from contagious diseases (if any). The family is not very open about any contagious diseases that the artist might have had. My curiosity goes towards your thoughts if you were offered a similar work. Do you see any difficulties in accepting the work and why (yes or no). Excuse my English as I it is not my native language. Thank you, Roeland Stulemeijer Conservator National University of Singapore Museums E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: (+ 65) 874 8817 Fax: (+ 65) 778 3738 10 Kent Ridge Crescent Singapore 119260 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).