$80.00

A vintage mid century reproduction of Marcel Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (1915-1923) measuring 9.25" x 12.25" on thick glossy paper with hints of patina. 

Printed in Switzerland in the 1960s.

Notes on the work of art at the time of printing:

MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887). THE BRIDE STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS, EVEN, 1915-1923. (9 FT. 7 IN. X5 FT. 5 IN.) PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, LOUISE AND WALTER ARENSBERG COLLECTION. — "This," explained André Breton, "is the passage of woman from the state of virginity to the state of non-virginity taken as the theme of a speculation fundamentally unsentimental." Above, the bride.

Below, the bachelor machine. From left to right, the nine malic molds (gendarme, cuirassier, city policeman, priest, bellhop, delivery boy, flunkey, undertaker's man, and station master). Then comes the chocolate grinder, surmounted by scissors and a series of strainers; and, finally, the eyewitnesses. This "large glass" remained unfinished (the splashes and the gravity controller are missing). The cracks in the panes, made in moving the glass in 1926, were welcomed by Duchamp, who considered them "a readymade intention which I respect and love."