Marcel Duchamp (Blainville-Crevon, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) L.H.O.O.Q., 1919/1964 Ready-made rectified Offset lithograph, gouache and pencil on paper Signed and numbered lower left "17/35 Marcel Duchamp" and inscribed "L.H.O.O.Q." in pencil under the printed title "La Joconde". 30 x 23 cm Provenance : - Gallery Yves Arman, 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 et 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 - Frankfurt, 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 (made for copy 17 of the original 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, no. 369f, catalogue description pp. 670-671 This work is part of a limited edition produced in 1964 of 35 copies + 3 unsigned copies. It is registered in the archives of the Association Marcel Duchamp under number 64.369fEG 11. A copy of the certificate of authenticity dated 27 March 2024, the original of which is held by the Association Marcel Duchamp, will be given to the buyer. We would like to thank Séverine Gossard of the Association Marcel Duchamp for the information she kindly provided.