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La Tete de Marilyn Monroe (The Head of Marilyn Monroe)

Size: 17 5/8 by 24 inches. Acrylic and graphite on 200 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 (Knight of the Royal Order of Saint-Michel, Imprimeur Du Roi (Printer of the King). This edition was published by Jeanne Laffitte, Marseille. Copyright 1979. This is a rare, out of print book that was purchased at an auction in Nice. Two pages from the book were used as a background for an original painting. The pages were removed as one large sheet of paper. Only 400 copies of the book were published. This copy is numbered 267. © 2009 Neal Turner

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Uploaded: January 23, 2010

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