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an open book with a picture of a window in itan open book sitting on top of a white table next to a window
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14 - André BRETON. *Au lavoir noir*.
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Estimate €3,500 - €4,000
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André BRETON. *Au lavoir noir*. With a window by Marcel Duchamp. Paris, GLM, 1936. Large 8vo booklet, loose-leaf, printed red paper cover with flaps. First edition: illustrated with a frontispiece by Marcel Duchamp. Marcel Duchamp’s ‘window’, announced in the title and entitled *La bagarre d’Austerlitz*, consists of two sheets of glossy paper imitating both sides of a window, one in colour, the other in black, with the positions of the panes cut out: glued together, they enclose a sheet of Rhodoid printed in white, serving as the window panes. (Coron, Les Éditions GLM, bibliography, 1981, no. 80.) Limited edition of 70 copies on tinted Normandy vellum, signed by the publisher, plus a few non-commercial copies (no. 9). A fine copy, preserved as published.
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About the sale Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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