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<font size=3>At 3/22/2013 11:56 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Reverse graffiti
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_graffiti" eudora="autourl">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_graffiti</a>) is the result of
cleaning the dirt off a wall to create art.</font></blockquote><br>
Or to reveal the Da Vinci beneath a Vasari?<br><br>
Joel<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>In addition to the
Italian Wikipedia
(<a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_graffiti" eudora="autourl">
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_graffiti</a>), I see "reverse
graffito" at
<a href="http://www.austro-arab.net/en/magazine/magazine/article/kunst-beginnt-auf-der-strasse/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.austro-arab.net/en/magazine/magazine/article/kunst-beginnt-auf-der-strasse/</a>
and it's also used in numismatics (along with "obverse
graffito").<br><br>
Benjamin Barrett<br>
Seattle, WA<br>
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