Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Self-Portrait in Profile

Details

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Self-Portrait in Profile
signed, dated, numbered and inscribed '10/25 Marcel dechiravit pour Ulf 1963' (lower centre)
paper collage on paper
8 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (21.4 x 17.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1957 and published in an edition of twenty-five in 1963.

Provenance

Galerie Burén, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1963.

Literature

The Almost Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, London, 1966, no. 233 (another example from an earlier edition illustrated no. 182, p. 77).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, vol. II, New York, 1997, no. 557b, pp. 811-812 (another example from the edition illustrated p. 811).
F.M. Naumann, Marcel Duchamp, The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, New York, 1999, pp. 224 & 227 (a work from an earlier edition illustrated no. 7.24, p. 191).

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Lot Essay

Jacqueline Matisse Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp will issue a certificate of authenticity to the buyer of this work, upon request.

This collage was included in the deluxe edition of the catalogue Marcel Duchamp by Ulf Linde, published by Galerie Burén in 1963. The catalogue and original slipcase, signed by the author and numbered 10/25 on the fly-leaf, are included in the present lot.

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