The Black Dahlia





2 photos of Elisabeth Short aka The Black Dahlia framed in solid wood. An electric motor slowly spins 2 metal rods with knives attached back and forth across the photos.
Elisabeth Short was found on a piece of wasteland in Los Angeles in 1947, drained of all her blood and roughly cut in half. Her killer remains at large.


  • Wood, electric motor, metal, photos, knives, black nightgown.
  • approx 120 x 175 x 10 cm.
  • First shown at Belgium's Most Bizarre Artist, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerpen. 17 june - 23 july 1989.
  • Also shown at:
    • Factor 44, Borgerhout.
  • Property of the artist.

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