Duplicate of The Oculist Witnesses (supplementary suite, plate 12) from The Large Glass and Related Works, Vol. 1

Marcel Duchamp · 1965, published 1967

Here we have Duplicate of The Oculist Witnesses (supplementary suite, plate 12) from The Large Glass and Related Works, Vol. 1 — an illustrated book by Duchamp, nineteen sixty-five, published nineteen sixty-seven. Etching and aquatint from the supplementary suite of 17 etchings (9 with aquatint) from an illustrated book — about 14 by 9 centimeters. In the picture, look for the concentric circles and the musical instrument.

Medium Etching and aquatint from the supplementary suite of 17 etchings (9 with aquatint) from an illustrated book · Dimensions plate: 5 9/16 x 3 11/16" (14.1 x 9.4 cm); sheet: 12 13/16 x 10" (32.6 x 25.4 cm) · Credit Monroe Wheeler Fund

Hanging beside it in The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Center for Special Exhibitions: Jean Crotti's Bust of Duchamp, To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour

More by Marcel Duchamp here: Why Not Sneeze Rose Sélavy?, In Advance of the Broken Arm, Network of Stoppages, Landscape, The Chess Players, The Passage from Virgin to Bride