Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe

This is one of a series of films that Broodthaers made on the subject of the pipe a reference to the work of René Magritte A static camera depicts images of a pipe clock and smoke against a whitewashed brick wall The superimposed titles were added in 1971 and include the labels Figure I and Figure II phrases that recur throughout Broodthaers oeuvre and echo Magrittes concern with the relationship between object image and language