The Wonderful Book: Reflections on Rrose Selavy

(Marcel Duchamp) (Cedric Morris.) Pierre de Massot; Gertrude Stein (epigraph)

Verlag: Printed by Imprimerie Ravilly, 27, Rue Nicolo, Paris-Passy, 1924

Beschreibung

8vo. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (20pp.). A brilliantly Dadaist homage to Duchamp, variously in English and French, including twelve otherwise blank sheets simply headed with the months of the year, a list of puns by Duchamp (as Rrose Selavy) on the back cover, a page-and-a-half 'Introduction by "A Woman of No Importance"' (possibly Massot), and an appropriate epigraph by Gertrude Stein: 'I was looking to see if I could make Marcel out of it but I can't.' Good only, rather creased and handled, the wrappers unevenly faded and somewhat soiled, slightly spotted internally, and the staple rusty, but serviceable nonetheless and extremely rare, this example signed by the author in Paris in Spring 1924 with an inscription to 'Cedric Moriss', no doubt the British artist Cedric Morris, who was a friend of Duchamp's. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007433

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Wonderful Book: Reflections on Rrose ...

Verlag: Printed by Imprimerie Ravilly, 27, Rue Nicolo, Paris-Passy

Erscheinungsdatum: 1924

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition