A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIPFE OF
HUBERT VILO POX
FACT THAT HUBERT VILO POX DIED IN
BEYOND THE
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY, ON JULY 24, 1970, AFTER A
LONG AND PAINFULL ILLNESS, VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN
A BOUT THE LIFE OF THIS REAMARKABLE ARTIST IN
FACT WE KNOW LESS A GOUT VILO POx THAN WE DO
A 3OUT WIUIAM SHAKES PEARE. ALL THAT REMAINS OF
OF THE LIFE OF VILOPax ARE HIS NINE SURVIVING
woRKS, TWo POSTCARDS SENT TO MR KYNASTON
MACSHINE OF THE NEw TORK MUSEUM OF MODERN
ART, AND THE FOLLOWING TEXT FROM HIS oWA
HAND REPRODUCED BELOW
BLL ART ASPIRES TO THE CONDITION
OF COMMODITY
tnbeet Voper July 3,1970
WE CAN ONLY BEG THAT ANY PERSONS HAVING
KAIOWLEDGE OF THE LIFE OF HURERT VILOPOX AND/oR
HIS WORKS WRITE To THE EXECUTAR OF HISESTATE
HERR DOKTOR PROF KONEAD FISCHER-LUEG. CERTAINLY
THIS TRAGIC AND GIFTED ARTIST MUST SE RESCUED
feoM OBLIVION
THE STATEMENT IS SAID TO LE TYPICAL OF VILOPax. HE
ONCE REMARKED THAT SUT FOR THE NEED TO MAKE
MONEY HE WOULD HAVE MUCH PREFERRED TO SE
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