Neal Turner

Title: A vender les corps (For sale bodies)

Size: 17 5/8 by 24 inches. Signed N. Turner lower right front, signed and dated 2012 on the reverse, title on reverse. Indian Ink and graphite on 220 gram paper from a book titled “Picturesque and Romantic Voyages in Ancient France.” Text by MM. Ch Nodier, J. Taylor et Alph. De Cailleux. Originally printed by De P. Didot L’Aine, Chevalier De L’Ordre Royal De Saint-Michel, Imprimeur Du Roi (…De P. Didot L’Aine, Knight of the Royal Order of Saint-Michel, Printer of the King). This edition was published by Jeanne Laffitte, Marseille. Copyright 1979. This is a rare, out of print book purchased at an auction in Nice. Two pages were removed from the book and used as a support for an original painting. The pages were removed as one large sheet of paper. The paper itself is a heavy, cotton paper. Only 400 copies of the book were published. This book is numbered 267. © 2012 Neal Turner

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