Sophie Calle
La Fille du Docteur

The deluxe edition of La Fille du Docteur includes both the artist’s book, hand bound in faux leopard cloth and presented in a labeled box as well as a framed black & white photograph (35 x 48 inches framed) accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate. Half of the photographs are in English the other in French. The text reads:

“I was twenty-seven years old. I was hired as a striptease artist in a traveling carnival which was set up for the Christmas holidays at the corner of Boulevard de Clichy and Rue des Martyrs. I was supposed to undress eighteen times a day between 4 p.m. and 1 a.m. On January 8, 1981, as I was sitting on the only chair in the trailer, one of my colleagues, to whom I refused to give my seat, tried to poke my eyes out with her high heel and ended up kicking me in the head. I lost consciousness. During the fight, she had, as the ultimate stage of stripping, torn off my blond wig. This was to be my last performance in the profession.”