Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Poisson japonais

Details

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Poisson japonais
signed and dated 'Marcel Duchamp 38' (lower right) and inscribed throughout
pencil and gouache on tracing paper laid down on board
3 ½ x 4 3/8 in. (8.9 x 11.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1935; signed in 1938

Provenance

Bernard Gheerbrant, Paris (by 1959).
Leonard M. Brown, Springfield, Massachusetts (by 1970).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Literature

R. Lebel, Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1959, p. 174, no. 176a.
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1970, p. 507, no. 306 (illustrated).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2000, vol. 1, p. 749, no. 463 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Jacqueline Matisse Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

The present work relates to the fifth disc, Poisson Japonais, from Duchamp’s Rotoreliefs (Schwarz, no. 441). This particular Rotorelief, when placed on the moving turntable depicts a small koi swimming through water.

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