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After Marcel Duchamp
'Nude Descending a Staircase,' Postcard for the Armory Show
Estimate
$2,500–3,000
Live 23 April, 3 PM ET
1913
Offset lithograph in colors, on postcard, with full margins.
I. 4 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (11.4 x 7.3 cm)
S. 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (13.3 x 8.6 cm)
S. 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (13.3 x 8.6 cm)
Annotated 'Observe the whimsical smile in the eyes!' in black ink, additionally annotated 'Aren’t you sorry you live so far away from N.Y. – the centre of things artistic – such as this! Isn’t it enough to make you want to commit murder? This is a “futuristic" painting' in black ink on the reverse, published by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, New York, unframed.