La bonzesse [The Priestess]

Paris: Warner-Columbia Film, 1974. Collection of twelve vintage color lobby cards for the 1974 French hardcore film. Text and titles in French.

From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.

Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A softcore film about a woman who undergoes a spiritual journey marked by sexual exploration.

Shot in Paris, and in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

11.5 x 9.25 inches. Light creasing at bottom corners, else about Fine.

Bier 176.

[Book #162167]