Enki Bilal - Offset Print - Chess Boxing
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Enki Bilal signed offset print titled “Offset Print - Chess Boxing”, a limited edition multicolour contemporary artwork from France, dated 1990–2000, size 46 cm by 70 cm (drawing itself 27 by 50 cm), framed and sold with frame.
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This artwork is "Chess Boxing" by the renowned French comic artist and filmmaker Enki Bilal. It is an iconic panel taken from "Froid Équateur" (Cold Equator), which is the third and final volume of his acclaimed sci-fi graphic novel masterpiece, the Nikopol Trilogy (La Trilogie Nikopol).
The scene takes place in a freezing, dystopian version of Equator City. The streets are populated by a surreal mixture of humans, penguins, and polar bears.
Walking down the street is Alcide Nikopol (or his son, who shares a striking resemblance), the central figure of the trilogy.
On the right wall is a poster advertising a "Chess-Boxing World Championship" match between Loopkin and Johnelvisson. This comic panel is famous for inventing the actual sport of chessboxing. The filmmaker Iepe Rubingh was inspired by this exact Bilal comic and turned the fictional hybrid sport into a real-world athletic discipline in 2003.
This is an unnumbered print, on thick paper (not a glossy poster)
frame included
H 46x70 framed
size drawing itself: 27x50cm
signed by artist
This artwork is "Chess Boxing" by the renowned French comic artist and filmmaker Enki Bilal. It is an iconic panel taken from "Froid Équateur" (Cold Equator), which is the third and final volume of his acclaimed sci-fi graphic novel masterpiece, the Nikopol Trilogy (La Trilogie Nikopol).
The scene takes place in a freezing, dystopian version of Equator City. The streets are populated by a surreal mixture of humans, penguins, and polar bears.
Walking down the street is Alcide Nikopol (or his son, who shares a striking resemblance), the central figure of the trilogy.
On the right wall is a poster advertising a "Chess-Boxing World Championship" match between Loopkin and Johnelvisson. This comic panel is famous for inventing the actual sport of chessboxing. The filmmaker Iepe Rubingh was inspired by this exact Bilal comic and turned the fictional hybrid sport into a real-world athletic discipline in 2003.
This is an unnumbered print, on thick paper (not a glossy poster)
frame included
H 46x70 framed
size drawing itself: 27x50cm
signed by artist
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Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
unnumbered
Artist
Enki Bilal
Title of artwork
Offset Print - Chess Boxing
Technique
Offset print
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
France
Colour
Multicolour
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
46 cm
Width
70 cm
Style
Contemporary
Sold with frame
Yes
Period
1990-2000
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