DUCHAMP Marcel. SELF-PORTRAIT IN PROFILE, 1959. Cut on film, autograph signature "Marcel déchiravit" on a piece of paper piece of paper mounted with scotch tape; framed. 368 x 500 mm Marcel Duchamp's first solo exhibition in France was held at La Hune in 1959. Marcel Duchamp in France, to coincide with the publication of Robert Lebel's monograph of Robert Lebel's monograph Sur Marcel Duchamp, published by Trianon. We know from the correspondence between Robert Lebel and Marcel Duchamp that the latter, staying in Cadaquès Duchamp, who was staying in Cadaquès, was persuaded to sign a certain number of copies of the screen-printed poster planned for the occasion: "Affiches OK - mais comment without running the risk of losing them all in the Spanish mail? Of course it's very simple if my signature can be postponed until 1 July. In any case I'm waiting for the approval proof." (Letter from Marcel Duchamp to Robert Lebel, 15 April 1959, The artist and his critic stripped bare: the correspondence of Marcel Duchamp and Robert Lebel, Getty Research Institute, 2016, p.197). The poster reproduced the torn paper entitled Autoportrait de profil - Marcel Dechiravit, first created in March 1957, of which 138 copies were made in made in February 1958 for inclusion in the deluxe copies of Robert Lebel's book. of Robert Lebel's book. In addition to the original poster, which was never signed, there were four of the silkscreen, in red or blue, with or without the artist's name. the artist's name. The day before the opening, Duchamp went to Perpignan to sign the first proofs the first proofs (probably the copies on a blue background signed Marcel Duchamp La Hune 1959), which were immediately sent back to Paris: "I won't reply to all your I'm not answering all your letters, but I'm sending the name of a hotel in Perpignan hotel in Perpignan where Teeny and I will go on a pilgrimage to sign the posters as soon as they their departure from Paris is reported to me by you (by telegram to Cadaquès)." (Letter from Marcel Duchamp to Robert Lebel, 26 April 1959, idem, p. 201). On the morning of 4 May, the day of the cocktail party for the press and the day before the vernissage, a famous telegram from Perpignan reached La Hune, announcing that signed copies copies had been sent, but also that the protagonist was not in Paris: "Fais sous moi / Marcel Duchamp" (collection Jean-Jacques Lebel). A week after the opening, Marcel Duchamp, still in Cadaquès, decided to decided to ask for news: "I hope the posters have arrived and are all sold. sold out. I'd like to have your opinion, in plain English, from La Hune! (Letter from Marcel Duchamp to Robert Lebel, 12 May 1959, ibidem, p. 201). The model we are proposing here takes the form of a transparent silkscreen film screen-printed film, the top layer of which is a red, blackout layer, has been cut to expose the final typeface. Approximately 10 mm from the final cut-out, a preparatory mark is visible. A piece of white paper, signed "Marcel Déchiravit" in Marcel Duchamp's handwriting. "Marcel Déchiravit", was attached to the transparent gelatin layer with three pieces of with three pieces of scotch tape. This work has been registered in the archives of the Association Marcel Duchamp.