Le Surréalisme en 1947 (Prière de Toucher)
Artwork Details
- Title: Le Surréalisme en 1947 (Prière de Toucher)
- Artist: Marcel Duchamp (American (born France), Blanville 1887–1968 Neuilly-sur-Seine)
- Publisher: Maeght Éditeur
- Date: 1947
- Medium: Exhibition catalogue bound in wrappers in original imprinted glassine dust jacket with a 3-dimensional painted foam, rubber, and velvet art object attached to the front cover ["Prière de Toucher"]; 146 pages with full-page original prints by various artists; pencil and ink on paper
- Edition: 114/999
- Dimensions: 9 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (24.1 × 21 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Sculpture
- Credit Line: Bluff Collection, Promised Gift of John A. Pritzker
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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