Lot 158
  • 158

Marcel Duchamp

Estimate
14,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Marcel Duchamp
  • The Chess Players (Schwartz 621)
  • Etching on handmade paper
  • plate: 437 by 574 mm 17 1/4 by 22 5/8 in
  • sheet: 507 by 655 mm 20 by 25 3/4 in
Etching, 1965, signed in pencil, dedicated 'for Robert Motherwell', dated and numbered 25/50 (total edition includes ten artist's proofs), on handmade laid paper, framed

Condition

The full sheet. Faint light-stain, slightly darker at mat opening and slight undulation to the sheet. Adhesive residue along the right and left sheet edges on the verso, showing through. The margins with a few tiny fox marks and spots of surface soiling and some slight creasing. The verso unevenly toned, with a few fox marks and traces of surface soiling.
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