Lot 136
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BERENICE ABBOTT
BERENICE ABBOTT

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BERENICE ABBOTT

Marcel Duchamp's "Large Glass", installed in the home of Katherine Dreyer (1936-37)

4 gelatin silver prints. 1930s - 60s. Each signed in pencil and credit stamp on the verso; two annotated in pencil on the verso. Varying sizes from 7½ x 6 7/8 to 9½ x 7 5/8in. (4)
Literature
See: The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis, fig. 540, for an anonymous view of Katherine Dreier's living room with Katherine Dreier and Marcel Duchamp.

Lot Essay

On the verso of the full length view of the "Large Glass", the inscription reads: Taken in home of Katherine Dryer - work by Marcel Duchamp. The glass was broken and he left it as it had been -.
Katherine Dreyer had been, along with Duchamp, a founder of the Dada group, Societé Anonyme.