Morceaux choisis d'après Ingres II

Details

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Morceaux choisis d'après Ingres II
etching with aquatint, 1968, on cream Japon nacré paper, signed in pencil, numbered 17/30, an impression of the second, final state, published by Arturo Schwarz, Milan, 1968, the full sheet, with deckle edges above, below and at right, small tape stains in the sheet corners, otherwise in good condition, framed
Plate 345 x 236 mm., Sheet 505 x 325 mm.

Provenance

Enrico Pedrini Collection, Genoa; then by descent to the present owner.

Literature

Schwarz (1970) 404; Schwarz (1997) 651 c

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

This etching is based on figures from two paintings by Ingres: the woman from The Turkish Bath, the man from Oedipus and the Sphinx. It was published as part of the additional suite of nine etchings on the theme of lovers for the deluxe edition of Arturo Schwarz' book The Large Glass and Related Works, vol. 2, Milan, 1968.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Association Marcel Duchamp.

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