Graffiti on outer wall of church in Eglise Notre-Dame d’Audrieu, Calvados, Normandy, France

Fig. 21 from Jorn, A. 1964: Signes gravés sur les églises de l’Eure et du Calvados, Bibliothéque D’Alexandrie – VOL. 2. , Edition BORGEN. Published by the Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism.

The Danish artist Asger Jorn had noticed some graffiti scratched into the porch at the church in Damville during a visit in 1946. Having noticed similar scratchings in Scandinavia at the cathedrals in Ribe, Lund, and Trondheim, Jorn decided to study the phenomenon. He was able to make a trip to Normandy in 1961 with his photographer Gérard Franceschi. They were able to record a number of such markings in Eure and Calvados districts, but not elsewhere.