ARTURO SCHWARZ AND MARCEL DUCHAMP

Property from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz

ARTURO SCHWARZ AND MARCEL DUCHAMP

READY-MADES, ETC. (1913–1964). MILAN: ARTURO SCHWARZ, 1964

4to (13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.; 343 x 241 mm). Numerous color and black-and-white reproductions of works by Duchamp. Full black leather, upper cover lettered and stamped in silver-gilt with Duchamp's Fountain. Also with a black buckram folder with a mounted signed photograph by Duchamp. Pictorial slipcase reproducing the dust-jacket for the regular edition.

Arturo Schwarz and Marcel Duchamp. Ready-mades, etc. (1913–1964). Milan: Arturo Schwarz, 1964

Duchamp's Draft Piston.Copy 23 of 100 deluxe copies, signed by Duchamp. Included with the catalogue is a positive print on celluloid of Duchamp's Piston de courant d'air. The print, done by the artist in Paris in 1965, was obtained from one of three photographs dating from 1914 that were used by Duchamp to determine the shape of the 3 Draft Pistons in The Large Glass, 1915–23. Signed and numbered by Duchamp in blue ink.

REFERENCE:

Schwarz, Collected Works 594, 619