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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Morceaux choisis d'après Cranach et 'Relâche'

Closed21 September 2016

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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.

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

Specialist note

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.