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Duchamp, Marcel. (1887–1968) [Vechten, Carl Van. (1880-1964)]. Marcel Duchamp, 1933 - Twice Signed Photograph.
Silver gelatin photograph of the artist in profile, facing left, signed and inscribed to his lawyer upper left recto and also to verso, both inscriptions reading "En souvenir de Carl / pour Joseph Solomon / affectuesement / Marcel Duchamp," titled, dated, numbered "XVIIIC.5" and stamped photographer's credit and reproduction limitation in pencil and ink (verso). Tiny nick to upper right area, otherwise fine. 95⁄8 x 71⁄4 in. (24.4 x 18.4 cm.).
Signed photographs of the cerebral, inventive, and influential modernist are exceedingly uncommon. We have traced only three having appeared at auction in over 30 years of records.
Carl Van Vechten was a writer, promoter of African-American artists during the Harlem Renaissance, patron of the arts, and photographer. After he graduated from the University of Chicago, he entered upon his first career as a reporter and by the early 1930s, Van Vechten was a well known author having written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines and published seven novels. It was during this time period that Van Vechten began to develop a second career as a photographer. Van Vechten over the course of his lifetime proved to be as successful a photographer as he was an author. His friendship with Marcel Duchamp was developed through their mutual friend, the painter Florine Stettheimer, at whose home the two were frequent dinner guests.
Joseph Solomon (1904 - 1996) was an influential attorney in the field of wills, trusts, and estates and his client list included many prominent industrialists, artists, and philanthropists. The first lawyer in the United States to have three law school chairs endowed in his name (Columbia University, two at New York Law School), he was instrumental in the implementation of the Judaic Studies department at Columbia University and was the recipient of many awards, including the 1978 Horatio Alger Award.
Duchamp, Marcel. (1887–1968) [Vechten, Carl Van. (1880-1964)]. Marcel Duchamp, 1933 - Twice Signed Photograph.
Silver gelatin photograph of the artist in profile, facing left, signed and inscribed to his lawyer upper left recto and also to verso, both inscriptions reading "En souvenir de Carl / pour Joseph Solomon / affectuesement / Marcel Duchamp," titled, dated, numbered "XVIIIC.5" and stamped photographer's credit and reproduction limitation in pencil and ink (verso). Tiny nick to upper right area, otherwise fine. 95⁄8 x 71⁄4 in. (24.4 x 18.4 cm.).
Signed photographs of the cerebral, inventive, and influential modernist are exceedingly uncommon. We have traced only three having appeared at auction in over 30 years of records.
Carl Van Vechten was a writer, promoter of African-American artists during the Harlem Renaissance, patron of the arts, and photographer. After he graduated from the University of Chicago, he entered upon his first career as a reporter and by the early 1930s, Van Vechten was a well known author having written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines and published seven novels. It was during this time period that Van Vechten began to develop a second career as a photographer. Van Vechten over the course of his lifetime proved to be as successful a photographer as he was an author. His friendship with Marcel Duchamp was developed through their mutual friend, the painter Florine Stettheimer, at whose home the two were frequent dinner guests.
Joseph Solomon (1904 - 1996) was an influential attorney in the field of wills, trusts, and estates and his client list included many prominent industrialists, artists, and philanthropists. The first lawyer in the United States to have three law school chairs endowed in his name (Columbia University, two at New York Law School), he was instrumental in the implementation of the Judaic Studies department at Columbia University and was the recipient of many awards, including the 1978 Horatio Alger Award.