MARCEL DUCHAMP | THE TOP INSCRIPTION (1ST STATE); THE TOP INSCRIPTION (FINAL STATE); THE NINE MALIC MOULDS (1ST STATE); AND THE WATER MILL (1ST STATE) (SCHWARZ 624A, 624B, 625A, AND 628A)

MARCEL DUCHAMP

1887 - 1968

THE TOP INSCRIPTION (1ST STATE); THE TOP INSCRIPTION (FINAL STATE); THE NINE MALIC MOULDS (1ST STATE); AND THE WATER MILL (1ST STATE) (SCHWARZ 624A, 624B, 625A, AND 628A)

Four etchings, 1965, each signed in pencil, the first three numbered 15/30, 16/30 and 16/30 respectively, the fourth inscribed 'e.a.', a proof aside from the numbered edition of 30, the first, third and fourth the first state (of two), the second the final state (of two), on Japanese vellum, from The Large Glass and Related Works, vol. 1, published by Arturo Schwarz, Milan, unframed (4 prints)

the first plate: 158 by 347 mm 6¼ by 13⅝ in

the first sheet: 329 by 508 mm 13 by 20 in