Duchamp by Finkelstein

Amsterdam, Ae niks man-Aenigma, 2004. Grey cloth-covered cardboard box with mounted illustrations on both sides and spine, 32 x 28.5 x 6.5 cm, containing a book, 5 original b/w gelatin silver prints (18 x 24 cm) by Nat Finkelstein, each signed and numbered mounted in black cardboard, 3 contact sheets and a (found) poem. The elaborate publication is issued in a limited edition of 20 copies (plus 3 HC plus 2 AP), this is copy No.15.

The photographs, (all but one) were shot at the Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, 1966, showing Andy Warhol filming Marcel Duchamp (the prints were made later). A portrait of Salvador Dali visiting the Factory is also added. The book is a copy of 'Etant donné. Marcel Duchamp No. 5', which contains the story behind the legendary photoshoot in words and images, signed and inscribed by Nat Finkelstein. The contact sheets are wrapped in a special case. Very fine copy.