Marcel Duchamp poster: P.51-1970

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Marcel Duchamp poster

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hamilton, Richard

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Description

A poster showing the artist photographed by Richard Hamilton when signing the editions of his glass multiples 'The Occulist Witnesses' and 'Sieves'. These multiples, signed jointly by Duchamp and Hamilton, were made after studies for Richard Hamilton's reconstructions of the large glass 'The Brdige stipped bare by her Bachelors Even.

Legal notes

Bought from the Duplicate Objects and Donations Fund, 1970.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1970)

Dating

20th Century
1968 CE - 1970 CE

Note

Two-colour screenprinting, acetate film, limination and silver foil blocking on white cartridge paper. Edition unlimited.

School or Style

Components of the work

Sheet Height 800 mm Width 580 mm

Techniques used in production

Screenprint
Colour printing

Inscription or legends present

Text: R Hamilton
Location: Sheet lower right
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Signature

Related exhibitions

Digital images: from the Renaissance to the new millennium

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.51-1970
Primary reference Number: 227215
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 6 June 2019 Updated: Wednesday 24 July 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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