Marcel DUCHAMP (1887-1968) - Lot 48

Marcel DUCHAMP (1887-1968) Pocket Chess Set, 1944 Aided ready-made; leather, celluloid and pins. Signed, dated and located lower left. 16 x 10.5 cm 16 x 22 cm (open) Provenance : - Dolores Vanetti Collection (1912-2008), New York. Probably a gift from the artist. - Collection Anne-Marie Day. - By inheritance. Exhibition: The Imagery of Chess, Julien Levy Gallery, New York, December 1944. The chessboards from this exhibition are signed in pen: Marcel Duchamp N. Y. and dated 1944. They were displayed with a rubber glove (Robert Lebel, Sur Marcel Duchamp, Paris, Éditions Trianon, 1959, no. 182, p. 174). Bibliography: - Robert Lebel, Sur Marcel Duchamp, Paris, Éditions Trianon, 1959, no. 182, p. 174. - Arturo Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1969, no. 318, p. 517 and p. 338, one copy reproduced. - Arturo Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, Thames and Hudson, 1997, no. 504, pp. 776-777, one copy reproduced. - Arturo Schwarz, Marcel Duchamp, 66 Creative Years, Paris, 1972, no. 139, one copy reproduced, p. 61. - Francis M. Naumann, Marcel Duchamp, The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 1999, no. 6.11, p. 158, one copy reproduced. A certificate from the Association Marcel Duchamp, dated October 2, 2025, will be presented to the buyer.