Untitled (Hand and Cigar). Poster for the Exhibition Editions et sur Marcel Duchamp

Paris, Galerie Givaudan, 1967. Offset lithograph in grey, black and orange, 70 x 48 cm. Signed 'Marcel Duchamp' and numbered 73/100 in lower right. Printed 'IMP Union Paris' in lower edge. Mild overall colour fading, near fine copy in perspex frame, 70.5 x 49 cm.

Provenance: collection K. Schippers. Exhibition history (label on verso): Holland Dada and the International context, Museum Dr8888, Drachten 2016. The poster was designed and produced by Marcel Duchamp and Givaudan for the exhibition Ready-mades and Editions of and by Marcel Duchamp, held at the Givaudan Gallery from June 8 to September 30, 1967. The featured hand is Duchamp’s own, the smoke derives from (a picture of) George Brassens's pipe, the French singer-songwriter and poet.