RROSE SELAVY
$1,800 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix
Paris : GLM, 1939. First printing. Scarce first printing of Duchamp's gnomic aphorisms and puns collected under the name of his female alter ego — one of 500 copies, in uncommonly nice condition. Near fine. Item #54388 Rrose Sélavy was first named and documented in 1921, in a signature written by Duchamp on a painting by Picabia; she then appeared in several portrait photographs
- Printing: first
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