Live Auction 3784Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Lot 1035

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Poisson japonais

Closed13 November 2015

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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

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

Specialist note

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.