Skin

Roald Dahl’s short story ‘Skin’ tells the tale of a down and out former tattooist discovering famous paintings by an artist he used to call a friend. This adaptation asked for graphic props from France at the turn
of the 20th Century and from 1950’s America.

The changing aesthetics from classical European to showy Americana gave multiple opportunities to build the different worlds of a shoestring existence and a brightly-coloured, post-depression United States.

“By God!” he cried suddenly. “My little friend, with a picture in the finest shop in town! Just imagine that!”.

“It is only the very wealthy, who can afford to celebrate in this manner.”

“You see, I am the owner of the Hotel Bristol. I now invite you to come down there and live as my guest for the rest of your life in luxury and comfort.”

It wasn’t more than a few weeks later that a picture by Soutine, of a woman, painted in an unusual manner, nicely framed and heavily varnished, turned up for sale in Buenos Aires.

Skin

“By God!” he cried suddenly. “My little friend, with a picture in the finest shop in town! Just imagine that!”.

“It is only the very wealthy, who can afford to celebrate in this manner.”

“You see, I am the owner of the Hotel Bristol. I now invite you to come down there and live as my guest for the rest of your life in luxury and comfort.”

It wasn’t more than a few weeks later that a picture by Soutine, of a woman, painted in an unusual manner, nicely framed and heavily varnished, turned up for sale in Buenos Aires.

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