May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 326

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HANS CHRISTOF STENZEL (1935 - ) C'EST LA VIE RROSE / HOMMAGE A MARCEL DUCHAMP. 1977.
23 1/2x16 1/4 inches, 59 3/4x41 1/4 cm.
Condition A: minor creases in image.
Stenzel was a movie and television director who made a few art films like this award-winning one dedicated to Marcel Duchamp. The film's title,"C'est la vie Rrose" is play on one of Duchamp's pseudonyms, Rrose Selavy. The poster is a little gem for Duchamp lovers; the white shape of a woman's body with her pubis demarcated by a black king from a chess set, reminds the viewer that Duchamp was a Grandmaster who wrote books on the game.