Live Auction 2356Post-War and Contemporary Morning Session
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Lot 127 The Collection of Robert Shapazian

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Couverture-Cigarette (Stripped-Down Cigarette Tobacco)

Closed11 November 2010

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USD 86,500

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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Couverture-Cigarette (Stripped-Down Cigarette Tobacco)
signed 'Marcel Duchamp' (on a fragment of green paper affixed to the lower edge of the mat)
color photograph and paper
11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (30.2 x 20.7 cm.)
Executed in 1935-1936.

Timothy Baum, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1984

Specialist note

This work has been authenticated by Mme Jacqueline Matisse Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp.