MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)
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ID 1574202
Los 62 | MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)
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2500000USD $ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
In Advance of the Broken Arm
signed and dated 'Marcel Duchamp 1964' (on the lower handle); signed and dated again, inscribed and stamped with title, date and inscription 'Marcel Duchamp 1964 Ex. Arturo IN ADVANCE OF THE BROKEN ARM, 1915 EDITION GALERIE SCHWARTZ, MILAN' (on a copper plate affixed to the handle)
Readymade: wood and galvanized-iron snow shovel
Height: 51 5/8 in. (131.2 cm.)
Conceived in New York in November 1915; this version executed in 1964
Provenance
Arturo Schwarz, Milan (1964).
Friedrich Christian Flick, Zurich (acquired from the above, May 2002).
Private collection, Delaware.
Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 2018.
Literature
R. Lebel, Marcel Duchamp, Paris, 1959, pp. 39, 91 and 168, no. 125 (original readymade illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, pl. 83).
W. Hopps, U. Linde and A. Schwarz, Marcel Duchamp: Ready-Mades, etc., 1913-1964, Milan, 1964, p. 20, no. 6 (another example illustrated).
C. Tomkins, The World of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1966, pp. 38-39 (another example illustrated, p. 39).
A. D'Harnoncourt and K. McShine, eds., Marcel Duchamp, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1973, pp. 277-278, no. 111 (another example illustrated, p. 277).
A. Schwarz, Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1975 (another example illustrated, pl. 104).
J. Clair, Marcel Duchamp: Catalogue raisonné, exh. cat., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1977, p. 84, no. 102 (another example illustrated).
T. Zaunschirm, Bereites Mädchen Ready‐made, Klagenfurt, 1983, pp. 47 and 150 (original readymade illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, fig. 7).
J.‐C. Bailly, Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1986, pp. 50 and 119 (another example illustrated, p. 50).
G. Moure, Marcel Duchamp, London, 1988, p. 127, no. 77 (another example illustrated in color).
M. Partouche, Marcel Duchamp: Une vie d'artiste, Marseille, 1991 (another example illustrated in color on the back cover).
C. Tomkins, Duchamp: A Biography, New York, 1996, p. 157.
P. Hulten, ed., Marcel Duchamp: Work and Life, Cambridge, 1993, p. 66 (another example illustrated in color in the artist's studio).
D. Buchholz, International Index of Multiples: From Duchamp to the Present, Cologne, exh. cat., Wacoal Art Center of Spiral Garden, Tokyo, 1993, p. 62 (another example illustrated).
C. Tomkins, Duchamp: A Biography, New York, 1996, pp. 12, 156-157, 160, 162, 346-347 and 458.
F.M. Naumann, Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, New York, 1999, p. 62, no. 3.2 (first example illustrated in situ in the artist's New York studio, pp. 62 and 84, figs. 3.2 and 3.39).
D. Ades, N. Cox and D. Hopkins, Marcel Duchamp, London, 1999, pp. 150 and 220 (another example illustrated, p. 150, fig. 114).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2000, vol. I, pp. 636-637, no. 332c (other examples illustrated, pp. 636-637 and pl. 118).
G. Magnaguagno, H. Szeemann and J. Gaumont, Marcel Duchamp, exh. cat., Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel, 2002, pp. 27 and 80-81, no. 42 (original readymade illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, p. 27; another example illustrated in color, p. 81).
A.G. Marquis, Marcel Duchamp: The Bachelor Stripped Bare, Boston, 2002, pp. 124-125, 217-218, 259-260 and 282.
M. Francis, 'Pop', London, 2005, p. 143 (another example illustrated).
A. Schwarz, "The Philosophy of the Readymade and of its Editions" in J. Mundy, ed., Duchamp, Man Ray and Picabia, exh. cat., Tate Modern, London, 2008, pp. 125-127 (another example illustrated, p. 127).
F.M. Naumann, The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2012, pp. 89, 114, 390-391 and 404-407 (another example illustrated in color, p. 391, fig. 27.12; other examples illustrated, p. 391, figs. 27.9-27.10; first example illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, p. 114, fig. 12.3).
M. Affron, ed., The Essential Duchamp, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2018, pp. 46, 56, 59 and 142-145 (first example illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, p. 58, fig. 52; another example illustrated in color, p. 143, fig. 152).
Exhibited
(possibly) Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Omaggio a Marcel Duchamp, June‐September 1964, no. 6.
(possibly) Milan, Galleria Schwartz, Marcel Duchamp: 66 Creative Years: From the First Painting to the Last Drawing, December 1972‐February 1973, p. 29, no. 66 (illustrated).
(possibly) Milan, Accademia di Belle arti di Brera, Marcel Duchamp, la Sposa... e i Readymade, May-July 1988. pp. 54, 95 and 122, no. 53 (illustrated, p. 59; original readymade illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, p. 95).
Antwerp, Galerie Ronny van de Velde, Marcel Duchamp, September-December 1991, no. 27.
Berlin, Staatliche Museum, Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, September 2004-January 2005, pp. 104 and 107 (illustrated in color, pp. 104 and 107).
Berlin, Staatliche Museum, Kult des Kunstlers: Ich kann mir nicht jeden Tag ein Ohr abschneiden. Dekonstruktion des Kunstlermythos, 2008, p. 59.
Further Details
The Association Marcel Duchamp has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Künstler: | Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) |
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| Kunst Stil: | Moderne Kunst |
| Herkunftsort: | Mailand, Italien, Europa |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Skulpturen, Statuen & Figuren |
| Künstler: | Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) |
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| Kunst Stil: | Moderne Kunst |
| Herkunftsort: | Mailand, Italien, Europa |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Skulpturen, Statuen & Figuren |
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