Marcel Duchamp. Four catalogues 1987-1993

(1) Marcel Duchamp, Manual of Instructions Of Etant Donnés, 1. La Chute D Eau, 2. Le Gaz D Eclairage. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987. Hardcover, with black faux leather boards, 30.5 x 27 cm, 57 pp. with 4 pp. instruction sheet, includes the belly band. Fine copy. (2) Marcel Duchamp: The portable museum/ inventory of an edition by Ecke Bonk. London, Thames & Hudson, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover, 30.5 x 22.5 cm, 324 pp. Very good copy. *Very heavy lot.

(3) Marcel Duchamp, Rrose Selavy. Antwerp, Ronny van de Velde, 1991. Giant leporello with brown bellyband, 11 x 34 cm, folds out to about 700 cm with descriptions and b/w images of 411 exhibited items. Moderate wear to band, else fine. This catalogue was also part of the deluxe Chess Board Box edition released for the show. (4) Marcel Duchamp Work / Life. Ephemerides on and about Marcel Duchamp and Rrose Selavy 1887-1968. London, Thames & Hudson, 1993. Hardcover, 31 x 22 cm, approx. 600 pp. Hefty catalogue for the exhibition at Palazzo Grassi in Venice. Edited by Jenniffer Gough-Cooper and Jacques Caumont, preface by Pontus Hulten. Text in English. Dust-jacket with wear, interior good. (total 4)