Duchamp, Marcel (Henri-Robert-Marcel), 1887-1968

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One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)

"28 West 10th Street, New York City. Cher Simon, Votre lettre du 8 Nov (!!)[sic] si[?] a rempli de joie et le texte de votre tranduction du 'Phare'..."

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One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)

"Cadaques (Girona) [Spain], Cher Simon, J'ai bien reçu votre programme pour le festival Apollinaire (ICA) et aussi votre letter du 1er Sept..."

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Draft of a letter by Simon Watson Taylor to Marcel Duchamp. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 53)

"Le Collège vient de m'envoyer les preuves d'un texte qu'ils ont l'idée de publier dans le prochain Dossier aprepos du recent Expointernasur[?] a N.Y. Je viens d'écrire a Latis..."

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Letter from Bernard Karpel, The Librarian of the Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, to Simon Watson Taylor.

"Dear Mr. Taylor: I am assisting Robert Motherwell in editing for English translation for the Pierrre Cabanne conversations with Duchamp..."

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Typed carbon copy with revisions in Duchamp's handwriting. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974)

"A PROPOS OF 'READYMADES' IN 1913 I HAD THE HAPPY IDEA TO FASTEN A BICYCLE WHEEL TO A KITCHEN STOOL AND WATCH IT TURN. A FEW MONTHS LATER I BOUGHT A CHAP REPRODUCTION OF A WINTER EVENING LANDSCAPE, WHICH I CALLED 'PHARMACY' AFTER ADDING TWO MALL DOTS, ONE RED AND ONE YELLOW, IN THE HORIZON..."

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Two identical photo lithograph prints of Simon Watson Taylor, Duchamp, and Roger Shattuck.

Scope and Contents A photograph of Marcel Duchamp's "A Propos of Readymades" as reproduced in publications within the Simon Watson Taylor collection. Includes a cover page and writing on the back of the photograph. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 46)"A PROPOS OF 'READYMADES' IN 1913 I HAD THE HAPPY IDEA TO FASTEN A BICYCLE WHEEL TO A KITCHEN STOOL AND WATCH IT TURN. A FEW MONTHS LATER I BOUGHT A CHAP REPRODUCTION OF A WINTER EVENING LANDSCAPE, WHICH I CALLED 'PHARMACY' AFTER ADDING TWO MALL...

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Two identical 8 x 10" monochrome photographs of Simon Watson Taylor with Duchamp, which were used in the issue of Art and Artists, Vol. 1, No. 4, London, July, 1966. It appears in the issue with an article written by Simon Watson Taylor.

The back on one photograph has markings on the back and the Photographers information.