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MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)
Femme nue debout, les bras levés
signed, dated and dedicated ‘à Poléon cher souvenir Marcel Duchamp 15’ (lower center)
pencil on paper
17⅞ x 13¾ in. (45.3 x 35 cm.)
Drawn by 1911
Provenance
Gustave Hervieu, Paris (gift from the artist).
Marthe Hervieu, Paris (by descent from the above).
Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1971.
Literature
R. Lebel, Marcel Duchamp, trans. G.H. Hamilton, New York, 1959, p. 167, no. 122 (titled Femme nue).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1997, vol. II, p. 450, no. 222 (illustrated).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2000, vol. II, p. 618, no. 308 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York, The Museum of Modern Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, Marcel Duchamp, September 1973-May 1974, p. 29, no. 134.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, p. 362, no. 78.
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