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LÉO KOUPER (1926-2021)
THE FRENCH / UN FILM DE WILLIAM KLEIN. Gouache & collage maquette. 1982.
21x16 inches, 53¼x40¾ cm. Spadem. Condition A / A-: minor abrasions at edges; small pin holes at corners; text banner collaged at bottom, with some creases; gouache and silkscreened details on board.
"The French" was a documentary film by William Klein, (and presented by Wes Anderson) providing an inside look at the 1981 Roland Garros tournament. The film represents "Klein at his most conservatively verité and least pointedly judgmental - he was a fan of the game and setting, after all - but he still offers up a tapestry of personalities, playing and performing that captures what is ineffably beautiful and edgy about tennis, at a time when it was as popular as it had ever been" (Thewrap.com). Tennis greats John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, and Bjorn Borg feature, as does retired Arthur Ashe.
The copyright on this poster is by Spadem (S.P.A.D.E.M.), which stands for the "Société de la Propriété Artistique et des Dessins et Modèles;" Spadem was a copyright protection and collection society formed by visual artists and their heirs in France.
