Copyright © 2006 by Mark Nelson and Sarah Hudson Bayliss
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First Edition: October 2006
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nelson, Mark.
Exquisite corpse: surrealism and the Black Dahlia Murder /
Mark Nelson and Sarah Hudson Bavliss.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN-10: 0-8212-5819-2 (hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8212-5819-4 (hardcover)
1. Hodel, George. 2. Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947. 3. Man Ray, 1890-1976. 4. Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. 5. Murder — California - Los Angeles. 6. Surrealism. 7. Murder in art.
I. Bayliss, Sarah Hudson. Il. Title.
HV6534.L7N45 2006
364.152'30979494 — dc22 2006001460
Jacket and book design by Mark Nelson
Printed in Singapore