MARCEL DUCHAMP AND VITALY HALBERSTADT

Property from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz

MARCEL DUCHAMP AND VITALY HALBERSTADT

L'OPPOSITION ET LES CASES CONJUGÉES SONT RÉCONCILLÉES. PARIS AND BRUSSELS: ÉDITIONS DE L'ECHIQUER 1932

4to (11 x 9 ¾ in.; 279 x 247 mm). Title-page and numerus chess diagrams printed in red and black. Stiff wrappers lettered in red, glassine, errata leaf affixed to inside of lower cover. 

Opposition and Sister Squares Are Reconciled.

Covers, title-page and layout designed by Duchamp.

"Duchamp and Halberstadt's subject is a rare endgame problem in chess.… Duchamp designed the cover of the book with as much care as he devoted to more conventional aesthetic productions: one more example of his disregard for traditional art categories" (Schwarz). 

REFERENCE:

Schwarz, Complete Works 430