Collection Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt | La Liberté pour dogme

Marcel Duchamp

Prière de toucher

Artist's Resale Right

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Description

Marcel Duchamp

1887 - 1968

Prière de toucher

signed and dedicated Pour Niomar et Paulo en toute affection Marcel (on the reverse)

hand-coloured foam-rubber breast, mounted on black velvet and affixed to the cardboard

18,5 x 16,5 cm; 7¼ x 6½ in.

Conceived in 1947 as the cover of the deluxe version of the catalogue, this dedicated example is aside from the numbered edition of 999.

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

Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt, Brazil (acquired as a gift directly from the artist)

Arturo Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, vol. II, New York, 2000, no. 523, pp. 415, 787-788, another example illustrated

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