Author: Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968)
Title: Coeur Volants. Marcel Duchamp Exhibition Poster
Description: San Francisco: Modernism, 2004. Poster. 81 x 54cm..The iconic work "Coeurs volants", or "Fluttering Hearts" by Marcel Duchamp was specially made by the artist (1887-1968) This is a reproduction of Marcel Duchamp’s famous cover for the Cahiers d’Art Revue n° 1-2 in 1936, its 11th year. The collage of paper hearts in saturated blue and red was made by the artist especially for the magazine on the request of Gabrielle Buffet. It takes its name from the title of Gabrielle’s article in the same issue of the Revue, as well as the optical illusion known in French as coeurs volants. The contrasting, saturated colours of blue and red create a vibrational optical reaction, and the hearts appear to move, ‘flying’ towards the viewer. In English, the title translates as Fluttering Hearts, or Flying Hearts. .
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Title: Coeur Volants. Marcel Duchamp Exhibition Poster
Description: San Francisco: Modernism, 2004. Poster. 81 x 54cm..The iconic work "Coeurs volants", or "Fluttering Hearts" by Marcel Duchamp was specially made by the artist (1887-1968) This is a reproduction of Marcel Duchamp’s famous cover for the Cahiers d’Art Revue n° 1-2 in 1936, its 11th year. The collage of paper hearts in saturated blue and red was made by the artist especially for the magazine on the request of Gabrielle Buffet. It takes its name from the title of Gabrielle’s article in the same issue of the Revue, as well as the optical illusion known in French as coeurs volants. The contrasting, saturated colours of blue and red create a vibrational optical reaction, and the hearts appear to move, ‘flying’ towards the viewer. In English, the title translates as Fluttering Hearts, or Flying Hearts. .
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Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 51-5613
- Book number: 51-5613
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