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MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)
9 moules mâlic, étude
signed and dated 'marcel Duchamp 1938' (lower right)
gouache and collage on paper
8 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (21 x 31.2 cm.)
Executed in Paris in 1938
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Cordier & Ekstrom, New York.
Mary Sisler, Palm Beach & New York, by 1965.
Galerie Tarica, Paris, by whom acquired from the above circa 1970.
Hubertus Wald, Hamburg, by whom acquired from the above in October 1977, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2012, lot 220.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. Bonk, Marcel Duchamp The Box in a Valise, de ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy, New York, 1989, p. 206 (illustrated).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp vol. II, The Plates, Critical Catalogue Raisonné, The Sources, London, 1997, no. 468, p. 753 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Pasadena, Art Museum, Marcel Duchamp A Retrospective Exhibition, October - November 1963, no. 49.
New York, Cordier & Ekstrom, Not Seen and/or Less Seen of/by Marcel Duchamp/Rrose Sélavy, 1904-1964, January - February 1965, no. 80 (illustrated).
London, The Tate Gallery, The Almost Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp June - July 1966, no. 167, p. 73 (illustrated).
Auckland, City of Auckland Art Gallery, Marcel Duchamp the Mary Sisler Collection, 78 works 1904-1963, April 1967, no. 67.
Special Notice
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Post Lot Text
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Association Marcel Duchamp