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White linen embroidered with a flower and the initials 'SC' with a letterpress narrative describing its role in protecting the artist from AIDS. Colour silk screen print after S. Calle, 1993.
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Lettering: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA. Artis. Elle s'appelait Valentine ... Elle est morte le 4 février 1988. ... Le 27 décembre 1991, Hervé est mort à l'âge de 36 ans. Letterpress text: "Elle s'appelait Valentine ... Elle est morte le 4 février 1988. Avant de mourir elle avait brodé un drap à mes initiales. Je l'offris à Hervé, alors malade, en souvenir de cette nuit, lointaine déjà, où je jui avais proposé mon lit. Il m'avait opposé un refus, ajoutant: "Plus tard, tu sauras que je te sauve la vie." Je l'invitai ainsi à dormir un peu avec moi. Et puis, j'aurais aimé croire qu'ayant été brodé par une femme devenue centenaire grâce à une volonté farouche, ce drap, auréolé de foi, lui transmettrait sa force. Le 27 décembre 1991, Hervé est mort à l'âge de 36 ans."
Title: White linen embroidered with a flower and the initials 'SC' with a letterpress narrative describing its role in protecting the artist from AIDS. Colour silk screen print after S. Calle, 1993.
Description:
Lettering: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA.
Artis.
Elle s'appelait Valentine .
Elle est morte le 4 février 1988.
.
Le 27 décembre 1991, Hervé est mort à l'âge de 36 ans.
Letterpress text: "Elle s'appelait Valentine .
Elle est morte le 4 février 1988.
Avant de mourir elle avait brodé un drap à mes initiales.
Je l'offris à Hervé, alors malade, en souvenir de cette nuit, lointaine déjà, où je jui avais proposé mon lit.
Il m'avait opposé un refus, ajoutant: "Plus tard, tu sauras que je te sauve la vie.
" Je l'invitai ainsi à dormir un peu avec moi.
Et puis, j'aurais aimé croire qu'ayant été brodé par une femme devenue centenaire grâce à une volonté farouche, ce drap, auréolé de foi, lui transmettrait sa force.
Le 27 décembre 1991, Hervé est mort à l'âge de 36 ans.
".
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