Marcel Duchamp
A Portable Retrospective in Photographs
Autograph-Indexed Notebook of Duchamp's Work (c. 1950)
In a small ledger, on lined accountant's paper, Duchamp pasted photographs of his own work and labeled each one in his own hand:
Broyeuse de chocolat, 1914.
Moulin à café, 1911.
Porte Bouteilles Ready Made, 1914.
…as written in Duchamp’s hand on the front free endpaper:
Le Tignet (Alpes-Maritimes) c. 1950.
“I love how intimate this album is. Duchamp is proudly displaying his life's work and writing his own captions. It feels homemade and deeply personal. When I'm looking at it, I feel close to him and his art – like I'm a part of his inner circle and he's showing his work only to me.”
–Michael DiRuggiero, The Manhattan Rare Book Company, NY
“The title of a painting is another color on the artist’s palate.”
– Marcel Duchamp
Octavo notebook (approx. 22 × 17 cm), with original paper boards and black-taped spine; custom box.