Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Portrait de Madame Marthe Hervieu

Price realised USD 125,000
Estimate
USD 20,000 – USD 30,000
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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Portrait de Madame Marthe Hervieu

Price realised USD 125,000
Closed: 16 Nov 2018
Price realised USD 125,000
Closed: 16 Nov 2018
Details
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Portrait de Madame Marthe Hervieu
signed and dated 'Marcel Duchamp 15.' (lower right)
ink wash, ink, graphite and colored pencil on paper
18 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (47.8 x 31.3 cm.)
Executed in 1915.
Provenance
Mme Marthe Hervieu, Paris, gift of the artist, 1915 until at least 1959
Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1971
Literature
R. Lebel, Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1959, p. 167, no. 123.
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1969, no. 223.
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1997, vol. II, p. 619, no. 309 (illustrated).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2000, p. 619, no. 309 (illustrated).
Exhibited
San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Graphics from Four Bay Area Collections, 1973.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, pp. 304 and 362, no. 77, pl. 167 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Jacqueline Matisse Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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