Beginning, 'Antonin Artaud used to say he had really learnt to draw and paint during his stay in Dr. Dardel's establishment, Le Chanet, near Neuchatel in Switzerland. He arrived in the fall of 1918 and left in the beginning of 1920. Nevertheless two of his first preserved graphic works were dated 1915. In both cases the date was given – although far later – by his sister Madame Malaussena'; or welcome to the biographer's task; translation and preface by Mary Ann Caws.
