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Extase
20 November 2017, 13:00 EST
New YorkUS$12,000 - US$16,000
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Extase
Elektra Entertainment, 1933. French grande poster, linen-backed. Art by Carlo Mariani. Extase (Ecstasy) is an important Czech-Austrian romantic drama directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Hedy Lamarr (then Hedy Kiesler). Revolutionary in its portrayal of female sexuality, the film focuses on a young woman who marries a wealthy but much older man. After abandoning her brief passionless marriage, she meets a young virile engineer who becomes her lover. Highly controversial at the time because of its erotic scenes in which Lamarr appears naked on screen for ten minutes, the film created such an uproar that it was banned in America on its release in 1932. Artist Carlo Mariani has captured this crucial scene in his sensual closeup for the French poster and successfully illustrates the erotic glamour that Machatý set out to represent.
Literature: Nourmand, Tony. 100 Movie Posters: The Essential Collection, (Reel Art Press, 2013).
63 x 47 in.
Literature: Nourmand, Tony. 100 Movie Posters: The Essential Collection, (Reel Art Press, 2013).
63 x 47 in.



















