Morceaux choisis d'après Cranach et 'Relâche'

Details

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Morceaux choisis d'après Cranach et 'Relâche'
etching with aquatint, 1967, on cream Japon nacré paper, signed in pencil, numbered 4/30, an impression of the second, final state, published by Arturo Schwarz, Milan, 1968, the full sheet, with deckle edges above, below and at left, some scattered foxing, framed
Plate 349 x 238 mm., Sheet 505 x 326 mm.

Provenance

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

Literature

Schwarz (1970) 398; Schwarz (1997) 645 d

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 relates to a photo taken by Man Ray of Marcel Duchamp and Bronia Perlmutter performing as Cranach's Adam and Eve in the ballet Relâche by Francis Picabia with music by Eric Satie. 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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