Screenprint in colors on wove paper, 1936/68, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 18/24. 

22 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (sheet), 26 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (frame).

Note: This 1968 version of Duchamp's iconic optical work Coeurs volants would be his last graphic work, printed and published by Something Else Press in New York before the artist's death later that year. Based on his 1936 Coeurs volants for the cover of Cahier d'Art, Duchamp was asked by SEP to create a new version for the cover of their US publication of Emmett William's epic poem Sweethearts. Duchamp and his wife, Teeny, worked with SEP founders Alison Knowles and Dick Higgins to create new screens for this version of Coeurs volants. Printed in an edition of 24, this work is very rare.

Literature: Schwarz 446d.

The full sheet. Craquelure in the colors at center and in the light grey at top. Two tiny losses at left in the blue and red. A touched-in area in the black upper left. Some surface soiling and unobstrusive scuffing. The sheet rippled on the reverse, innate to the printing process.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.