Ambidextre

Copy of Pierre Alechinsky's head of Ambidextre, in slipcase, including an engraving printed on 18th century laid paper by RLD, Paris. All proofs are signed and numbered.

On order. A preparation period of 3 to 5 working days is to be expected before availability or shipping.

" He spoke with a rare accent, this Parisian taxi driver, undetectable by anyone but me, I thought with the internal accent I have. Another shameful Belgian who is trying to cover his tracks, let's flush him out gently.
– Are you from the North?
– ... not at all. You'll never guess. Sometimes a customer mistakes me for Swiss, often I pass for Alsatian or Luxembourgish. No one has been right yet, except for a former...
– Belgian?
– Stammerer, sir. I was a stutterer. We were taught to speak like this: by articulating all the syllables, we had to sing the words.
I reported this conversation to Henri Michaux. He concluded: "Of all the peoples of Gaul, the Stammerers fortissimi sunt."

The first copies, in a slipcase, include an engraving printed on 18th ^century laid paper. century by RLD, Paris.

All proofs are signed and numbered: 99 from 1 to 99
XV artist's proofs: ea from I to XV
15 off-trade: hc from 1 to 15.