Labels:text | font | black and white | letter | screenshot | document | paper OCR: (The lost object. The realised object. The object redeemed.) There are, then, several stages to our object. We grieve almost before we begin. We grieve for something which has been lost to us, almost at the moment we realise that it is ours to lose. We lose it at that moment when it becomes autonomous, free-standing. When it looks like something. Many of the finding aids, especially those to individual collections, do not only direct the inquirer to the specific documents, but also serve as an introduction to artists and subjects. A guide to the papers of a person often begins with a sketch of his or her life, with a portrait and a few photographs of the work added. This is followed by a chronology of the life, of exhibitions and other important data, and a bibliography of titles by and ab ...
