Marcel Duchamp (Blainville-Crevon, 1887 - Neuilly-sur Seine, 1968)
L.H.O.O.Q., 1919/1964
Rectified ready-made
Offset lithograph, gouache and pencil on paper
Signed and numbered on the bottom left "17/35 Marcel Duchamp" and inscribed with "L.H.O.O.Q." in pencil beneath the printed title, "La Joconde"
30 x 23 cm
Provenance:
- Yves Arman gallery, New York
- Timothy Baum, New York
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris

Exhibitions:
- New York, Gallery Yves Arman, "Marcel Duchamp", 13 March - 28 April 1984
- Paris, Galerie Beaubourg Marianne and Pierre Nahon, "Marcel Duchamp", November - December 1984
- Geneva, Galerie Bonnier, "Marcel Duchamp", March - April 1985
- Los Angeles, LACMA, "The Dada and Surrealist Word-Image", 15 June - 3 September 1989
- Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum,"The Dada and Surrealist Word-Image", 19 October 1989 - 7 January 1990
- Francfort, Schirn Kunsthalle, "The Dada and Surrealist Word-Image", 3 March - 15 May 1990

Bibliography:
- P. de Massot, "Marcel Duchamp. Propos et souvenirs", Milan, Ed. Galeria Schwarz, 1965 (created for no. 17 of the first edition of this essay)
- A. Schwarz, "The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp", London, Ed. Thames & Hudson, 1969, n°261e, described in the catalogue pp. 476-477
- A. Schwarz, "The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp", revised and expanded paperback edition, New York, Delano Greenidge Editions, 2000, n°369f, described in the catalogue pp. 670-671

This work belongs to a limited edition of 35 + 3 unsigned copies, created in 1964. It is registered in the archives of the Association Marcel Duchamp under no. 64.369fEG 11.

The buyer will be provided with a copy of the authenticity certificate, dated du 27 March 2024, the original belonging to the Association Marcel Duchamp.

Our thanks to Mrs. Severine Gossard from the Association Marcel Duchamp for the information she kindly provided.