[CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - FRANCE] LUXEL, Claude, et al.

Poster: Etes-Vous Pour ou Contre la Peine de Mort?

Nice, France: Imprimerie Robaudi, 1958. First Edition. Original poster printed offset in bright blue on white newsprint, measuring 55.75x45.25cm.; a bit of age-toning, faint ironed-out mail folds, else Very Good to Near Fine.

Flyer announcing a lecture to be followed by a debate regarding capital punishment in France, held at the Salle de l'Artistique in Nice, March 28, 1958. The lecture, "Tu Ne Tueras Point!" (Thou Shalt Not Kill!) was delivered by the rather laconic author and screenwriter Claude Luxel, known for his hand in co-writing Henri Decoin's 1949 film noir "Entre Onze Heures et Minuit" (Between Eleven and Midnight), and a few mystery stories and novels. The flyer also advertises a debate to follow featuring French actors and actresses, mostly of the stage, including Roger Monteaux of the Comédie Francaise; Andrée Florence; Yvette Maurech; René Ferral, Michel Garnier, and Jean Combal. A hot topic during the 1950s thanks in part to the author Albert Camus and as the prevalence of imposing capital punishment (usually in the form of the guillotine, though occasionally by firing squad) waned. 22 people were executed between 1959 and 1981, when the penalty was abolished, with the last taking place in 1977. This poster apparently unrecorded with no holdings in OCLC, nor does Luxel's talk appear to have ever made it into print.

Price: $450.00

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