Marcel Duchamp. Four catalogues from the 1960s

(1) Marcel Duchamp. London, Gimpel Fils, 1965. Softcover, 28 x 22.5 cm, 8 pp. Extensive list of 173 exhibited items and biographical notes. Accompanies the exhibition held from December 1964 to January 1965, curated by Arturo Schwarz and first presented at his gallery in Milan, before a four-year European tour to Bern, The Hague, Eindhoven, and Hannover. Good copy in protective glassine wrapper. (2) Marcel Duchamp schilderijen tekeningen ready-mades documenten. The Hague/Eindhoven, Haags Gemeentemuseum/ Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1965. Softcover, 22.5 x 19 cm, 44 pp. Catalogue for the travelling show (see above) with exhibition list of 188 items, biography and b/w images. Text in Dutch. Small stain on cover, else good.

(3) Marcel Duchamp, meme. Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, 1965. Staplebound, 21 x 16.5 cm, 76 pp. Catalogue for the travelling show (see above) edited by Wieland Schmied with exhibition list, biography, b/w images and advertisements. Light fold on rear cover, good copy. (4) The almost complete works of Marcel Duchamp. London, Arts Council, 1966. Softcover, 29.5 x 21 cm, 110 pp. Profusely ill. in b/w and colour, with several fold-outs. Green paper wrapper with embossed title on front and die-cut circle on rear. Catalogue for the Duchamp show at the Tate Gallery, the first retrospective exhibition devoted to the artist in Europe, with text by Richard Hamilton. This is the second edition, published in an edition of 2500. Unfortunate wear to spine and rubbing to corners and edges, interior fine. (total 4)