May 19, 2022 - Sale 2605

Sale 2605 - Lot 246

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

ROMAN CIESLEWICZ (1930-1996)

CCCP / USA. 1968.


31 1/2x21 1/2 inches, 80x54 1/2 cm. Serg, Paris.
Condition A.

Cieslewicz grew up and studied in Poland and moved to Paris in 1963. Once there, he quickly became Art Director for the magazine Elle. As a master of photomontage and collage, in 1968 he was called upon to create the visuals for Opus International, an avant-garde art magazine. He wound up designing a series of highly stylized pop images for the publication. This one, which was used as the cover for issue 4, was also published as a poster. With its simple, garish colors and cartoon-style image, it remains today a classic of the Pop Era. Cieslewicz p. 34.