691
Duchamp, Arp, Picabia & Tzara
Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1959
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The only issue published, limited to 100 copies, numbered and signed by Benoit. With mounted facsimile of notes by Duchamp, a cut-out by Jean Arp, a reproduction of a Tristan Tzara calligrammatic poem, and two Picabia illustrations on the wrappers. Texts by Clément Pansaers and Francis Picabia.
This one of 10 édition de tête copies with a suite of the plates, each signed by the artist: Duchamp, Tzara, and Arp (in the suite the Arp is transformed from a blue cut-out to a white relief print, and is also numbered in pencil). The printed wrapper by Picabia is also present twice, one with the '691' title printed in black, the other without.
This one of 10 édition de tête copies with a suite of the plates, each signed by the artist: Duchamp, Tzara, and Arp (in the suite the Arp is transformed from a blue cut-out to a white relief print, and is also numbered in pencil). The printed wrapper by Picabia is also present twice, one with the '691' title printed in black, the other without.
pp. (vi). Folio. With plates by Arp, Duchamp, Picabia, and Tzara. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with design in blue executed after a drawing by Francis Picabia.
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