Marcel Duchamp

Cœurs Volants (Fluttering Hearts)

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Marcel Duchamp

1887 - 1968

Coeurs Volants (Fluttering Hearts)

signed in ball-point pen (the 'M' partially trimmed), dated, inscribed Stockholm and stamp-numbered 14/125

screenprint in colours on smooth wove paper

sheet: 265 by 312 mm. 10⅜ by 12¼ in.

Executed in May 1961; this impression is number 14 from the edition of 125 created after a lithographic trial proof for the cover of Cahiers d'Art (Paris, vol. 11, nos. 1-2, 1936), published on the occasion of the exhibition Rörelse i Konsten ("Art in Movement") at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Schwartz 446C

Hanover, Sprengel Museum (on loan since 2012)

Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Gegeben sind Reuterswärd Fahlström Duchamp, March-June 2022

It is fitting that Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd acquired the present screenprint for his personal collection, as it was published in conjunction with the Moderna Museet's 1961 exhibition Rörelse i Konsten. It was at this exhibition that Reuterswärd finally met his idol, Marcel Duchamp, whose Rotoreliefs were a highlight in the museum's groundbreaking survey of kinetic art. Reuterswärd had long admired Duchamp, who shared his visionary approach to art and life. The two became fast friends after their 1961 meeting, and bonded for life over their commitment to DADAism and shared passion for wordplay.