View full screen - View 1 of Lot 2176. Prière de toucher.

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Marcel Duchamp & Enrico Donati

Prière de toucher

Lot closes

October 9, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Current Bid

8,000 USD

1 Bid

Reserve met

We may charge or debit your saved payment method subject to the terms set out in our Conditions of Business for Buyers.

Read more.

Lot Details

Description

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Marcel Duchamp & Enrico Donati

1887 - 1968 | 1909 - 2008


Prière de toucher

stamped 354 (on the justification page)

hand-painted foam-rubber breast, mounted on black velvet and affixed to the pink cardboard cover of the catalogue Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, otherwise known as Le Surréalisme en 1947

9 ½ by 8 ¼ in. 

24.1 by 21 cm. 

Executed in 1947; this work is from an edition of 999 numbered I-XLIX and 1-950.


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

Ursus Rare Books, New York

Acquired from the above in 2021 by the present owner