The Top Inscription

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) The Top Inscription etching with aquatint, 1965, on cream Japon nacré paper, signed in pencil, numbered 6/30, an impression of the second, final state, published by Arturo Schwarz, Milan, 1967, with wide margins, probably the full sheet, with deckle edges below and at left, a few pinpoint foxmarks, minor tape-stains at the extreme sheet edges, generally in good condition, framed Plate 157 x 348 mm., Sheet 323 x 505 mm.