Manual of Instructions: Etant Donnes: 1 La Chute D'eau, 2 Le Gaz D'eclairage (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

by Marcel Duchamp

Anne D'Harnoncourt (Preface) and Michael R. Taylor

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Out of print for a number of years, this facsimile of Marcel Duchamp's "Manual of Instructions" was prepared by the artist for the disassembly of Etant donnes in his New York studio and its reassembly at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. First published more than twenty years ago, the manual has had far-reaching ramifications for the study of Etant donnes and Duchamp. Illustrated with 116 black-and-white polaroids taken by the artist and 35 pages of his handwritten notes and sketches, the revised edition includes a new essay by Michael R. Taylor on the pivotal importance of the manual to an understanding of Duchamp's artistic practice as well as the first English translation of the artist's text.
  • ISBN10 0300149808
  • ISBN13 9780300149807
  • Publish Date 25 August 2009
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 10 November 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Edition Revised edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 66
  • Language English