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Obligation Monte Carlo

Obligation Monte Carlo

Lithograph published in 1938 after a series of bonds originally created by Duchamp in 1924.

This is bond no.12 and features a portrait of Duchamp covered in shaving foam by Man Ray.

A parody of a financial document in a system for playing roulette, this readymade revolves around the idea of monetary transactions. Giving himself the position of administrator, Marcel Duchamp conceived of a joint stock company designed to raise 15,000 francs and thus "break the bank in Monte Carlo"
$2,660.00
Obligation Monte Carlo
$2,660.00

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Lithograph published in 1938 after a series of bonds originally created by Duchamp in 1924.

This is bond no.12 and features a portrait of Duchamp covered in shaving foam by Man Ray.

A parody of a financial document in a system for playing roulette, this readymade revolves around the idea of monetary transactions. Giving himself the position of administrator, Marcel Duchamp conceived of a joint stock company designed to raise 15,000 francs and thus "break the bank in Monte Carlo"