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Artist or Maker: Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

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Description: Porte Chapeau
signed indistinctly 'Marcel Duchamp' (on the underside) and incised with signature, number and date 'Marcel Duchamp 1964 5/8' and stamped with title and publisher 'Porte Chapeau 1917 Edition Galerie Schwarz Milan' (on a metal plaque affixed to the underside)
wooden hat rack
10 1/4 x 18 in. diameter (26 x 45.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1917 and executed in 1964. This work is number five from an edition of eight plus three artist's proofs.

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Provenance: Galerie Schwarz, Milan

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Exhibited: Milan, Galleria Shwartz, Omaggio a Marcel Duchamp, June-September 1964, no.13 (another example exhibited).
New York, Cordier & Ekstrom, Not seen and/or less seen of/by Marcel Duchamp/Rose Sélavy, 1904-1964, January-February 1965, no.66 (another example exhibited).
The Hague, Gemeenthemuseum, Marcel Duchamp: Schildern, Tekeningen, Ready-Mades, Documenten, February-March 1965, no.44 (another example exhibited).
London, The Tate Gallery, The Almost Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, June-July 1966, no.128 (another example exhibited).
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Marcel Duchamp: Drawings, Etchings for the Large Glass, Readymades, March-May 1972 (another example exhibited).

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Published: A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York 1997, no.351 (illustrated).

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Notes: PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

(C) 2004 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York ADAGP, Paris Succession Marcel Duchamp