Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Conté, Nicolas-Jacques

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

I was hanging naked upside down on a tree which I had brought into the gallery. Between my body and the door a long stick was stuck.
(23 February 1990)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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		Painter, balloonist, army officer and inventor Nicolas-Jacques Conté known for his invention of the modern pencil 4 August 1755 (+) is born in Saint-Céneri-près-Sées, France. 6 December 1805 (-) dies of unknown causes in Paris, France.
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