MARCEL DUCHAMP

'Je purule Tu purules Lachaise purule...'(Schwarz XXII 145, p. 909)

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MARCEL DUCHAMP
'Je purule Tu purules Lachaise purule...'(Schwarz XXII 145, p. 909)
facsimile telegram, 1959, on pink wove paper, an unfolded impression apart from the numbered and folded edition of 250 published in the Bôite Alerte, the full sheet, apparently in excellent condition, not examined out of the acrylic case
S. 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (168 x 213 mm.)

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This was published for the 1959-60 Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme at Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, organized by Duchamp and André Breton. The telegram is addressed 'VOUS, Chez André Breton 42 Rue Fontaine PARIS' and hypothetically sent from New York (Duchamp's home at the time). It reads, 'JE PURULE TU PURULES LACHAISE PURULE GRACE A UN RABLE DE VENERIEN QUI NA RIEN DE VENERABLE RROSE'

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