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Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz, 1963 - Julian Wasser

1963

$8,350
£6,245.52
€7,301.55
CA$11,803.97
A$11,858.61
CHF 6,840.16
MX$144,313.35
NOK 79,457.93
SEK 80,601.48
DKK 54,583.32

About the Item

Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz, 1963, TIME Walter Hopps, the curator of Duchamp's landmark retrospective at The Pasadena Art Museum, helped direct this shot by setting up the chess board in front of the artwork "The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even" (1915-1923). Eve Babitz was having an affair with Walter Hopps at the time. Silver Gelatin Print Edition size: 15 Available sizes: 16 x 20 inches Artist Bio: After starting his career at the age of 14 as a copy boy in the Washington bureau of the Associated Press news service, Julian Wasser went on to create some of the most memorable images of the past century. While at the Associated Press he met Weegee and rode with famous news photographer as he shot photos of crime scenes in Washington. Weegee was a major influence on Wasser's style of photography. After serving in the Navy in San Diego, the former AP copyboy became a contract photographer for Time magazine in Los Angeles doing assignments for Time, Life and Fortune. His photographs have appeared in and been used as cover of Time, Newsweek and People Magazines in the United States; and on cover assignments for The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times in London. His photos have also appeared in US Magazine, Vanity Fair, TV guide, Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Oggi, Hello, Playboy, Elle, Vogue, GQ along with exhibitions in galleries and museums.
  • Creator:
    Julian Wasser (American)
  • Creation Year:
    1963
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
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    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    Chicago, IL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38831738463

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