Property from the Collection of Carlton Lake
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Etude pour la Boîte-en-valise de Henri-Pierre Roché

Price realised USD 115,300
Estimate
USD 10,000 – USD 15,000
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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Etude pour la Boîte-en-valise de Henri-Pierre Roché

Price realised USD 115,300
Closed: 2 May 2012
Price realised USD 115,300
Closed: 2 May 2012
Details
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Etude pour la Boîte-en-valise de Henri-Pierre Roché
signed, dated and inscribed 'Marcel 19 avril 1941 Grenoble' (lower left)
pencil on stationery
10 5/8 x 8 in. (27 x 20.4 cm.)
Drawn on 19 April 1941
Provenance
Henri-Pierre Roché, Paris (gift from the artist).
Denise Roché, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the family of the late owner, 1968.
Literature
E. Bonk, Marcel Duchamp, The Box in a Valise: de ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Selavy, London, 1989, p. 163 (illustrated).
C. Lake and L. Ashton, Henri-Pierre Roché: An Introduction, Austin, 1991, pp. 76 and 79, no. 133 (illustrated, p. 77).
P. Hulten, ed., and J. Gouch-Cooper and J. Caumont, Marcel Duchamp, Work and Life, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993, listed under 19 April 1941 (detail illustrated, n.p.).
A. Schwartz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1997, vol. 2, p. 760, no. 482. (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Madame Jacqueline Matisse Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp will issue a certificate of authenticity to the buyer of this work, upon request.

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