The work of art is a stuffed crocodile. [L'objet d'art, par définition, est le crocodile empaillé. ] (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965). (Alfred Jarry)

The work of art is a stuffed crocodile. [L'objet d'art, par définition, est le crocodile empaillé. ] (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965).

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