FLEURS DE PEAU, BILDER AUF DER HAUT (1999) Ephemera It's a brilliant book

It's a brilliant book

A viral encephalitis

alongside fashion images by David LaChapelle

LSD research was being conducted in major American medical centers

was published in conjunction with an exhibition by the same name

FLEURS DE PEAU, BILDER AUF DER HAUT (1999) Ephemera It's a brilliant bookIn the Lyon clinic of an anonymous 1930s dermatologist known only as "Dr. X," a fascinating parade of characters emerged. Rugged foreign legionnaires, hardened ex convicts, rebellious sailors, and eccentric street artists all crossed his threshold. What united them was their skin: entirely covered in extraordinary, illicit, and intricate tattoos. Decades later, legendary French art dealer Grard Lvy acquired these archives, bringing Dr Xs private