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  • A deathbed: a man breathes his last, the devil flies down and grabs his soul (in the form of a baby) from his mouth. Engraving, 16--.
  • A personified condom with a large speech bubble containing messages, interspersed with hearts, based on the idea that love is the solution to AIDS; surrounded by blue graphic symbols of Adam and Eve. Colour silk screen print after R. Combas, 1993.
  • A distressed young woman protests her innocence and prays before the judge and the counsel of the Spanish inquisition. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1839, after S.J.E. Jones.
  • A beloved pet dog receives an enema. Line engraving by de Launay the younger after Lavrinet.
  • A physician feeling the forehead of a child in Dalarna, Sweden. Heliogravure after F. Rops.
  • A physician feeling the forehead of a child in Dalarna, Sweden. Heliogravure after F. Rops.
  • Jupiter orders Notus (the south wind) to flood the Earth: as the water rises, people try to escape. Engraving by L. Garreau after A. van Diepenbeeck.
  • A syringe with red markings and a red arrow pointing up representing an advertisement for a self-retractable needle for single use only by Le Centre Didro. Colour lithograph.
  • Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by P. A. Le Beau after P. Marin after J. S. Duplessis, 1778.
  • 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.
  • Operation for vaginal hysterectomy by Paul Segond at the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Heliogravure.
  • Operation for vaginal hysterectomy by Paul Segond at the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Heliogravure.