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depicted a collection of women in different roles who could be animated by inserting a coin. It implies that in addition to their legitimate roles as dancer, chambermaid, actress and so on, the women would provide sexual services at varying prices. An erotic illustration for the same journal in 1899
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as historic monuments on 3 October 1991. As of 2013, they were privately owned. The Villa
Croisset and its gardens were largely destroyed by 1975. Some traces of the upper, north-east portion of the garden remain, including an arch and the chapel. A school in Compiègne bears Bac's name.
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in Paris, which inspired him in his own work. Barragán visited France again in 1931–32, and managed to visit Bac's gardens several times.
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