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Ira Cohen (American, 1935-2011) 
Stefan Brecht in the Mylar chamber 
1970 
  
Dye destruction print 
13 3/4 x 9 ins (34.9 x 22.9 cm) 
  
Heritage Auctions 
2017 May 18 - 19 Photographs Signature Auction - New York #5298 
  
 
LL/75492 
  
Stefan Brecht (1924-2009) was the son of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel. He was a poet, critc and a historian of radical theatre. Here he is dressed in a half-bride, half-groom costume as a hermaphrodite in a play he was performing in. There is a well-known photograph by Arthur Tress with Brecht in the same outfit. 
 

 
  
 
  
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