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A semi-naked acrobat and his two shadows hanging upside down with a white dove flying down towards him; 'Akrobaten/Bus', an illustration by Francis Picabia representing an advertisement for a booklet about sexually transmitted diseases entitled 'Consideration' by the Folkhälsoinstitutet. Colour lithograph, 1995.

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Francis Picabia

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Images by Francis Picabia

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