Marcel Duchamp

The Top Inscription

1965–1966

Three square panels pinned inside an irregular ink wash on cream paper.
Three square panels pinned inside an irregular ink wash on cream paper.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1965–1966

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 13/16 × 19 3/4 in. (32.5 × 50.2 cm) Plate: 6 3/16 × 13 5/8 in. (15.7 × 34.6 cm)

Accession number
91.74.12

Edition
7/30 | Second of 2 states

Publication
Printed by Giorgio Upiglio; published by Galleria Schwarz

Credit line
Gift of Milton and Rosemary Okun

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Marcel Duchamp / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

API
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Part of a series:
The Large Glass and Related Works
17 works

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A hanging metal mobile with a central rod and four crossed arms above curved geometric shapes.
A delicate line drawing of suspended mechanical shapes and hanging garments connected by thin rods.
Delicate pen-and-ink drawing showing hanging mechanical devices and abstract forms arranged in two stacked panels.
Mechanical mobile and hanging garments depicted with pulleys, drums, and a red dotted motion path.
Simple line drawing of abstract clothes and shapes hanging from a clothesline.
Delicate pencil drawing of various hanging bell and garment shapes suspended from a horizontal line.
Minimal abstract ink drawing showing a circle, diagonal lines, concentric oval, and radiating starburst on paper.


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