Hi Mary, Denise is exactly right. Francis Picabia is also attributed as La Sainte Vierge's creator in the article, "Questioning Dada's potency: Picabia's La Sainte Vierge and the dialogue with Duchamp." If you have access to Academic Search Premier, the full-text is available, and the article has a picture of La Sainte Vierge. Here's the bibliographic info: Title: Questioning Dada's potency: Picabia's La Sainte Vierge and the dialogue with Duchamp. Alternate Title: il: Mariee; Standing figure; L.H.O.O.Q; Paysage fautif (illustration)il: La Sainte Vierge (2); Fille nee sans mere; Francis Picabia [sic]; Abstract composition; Version of L.H.O.O.Q. (after Duchamp) (illustration) Author: Hopkins, <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Hopkins,-David%29.AU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=Search> David. Appears In: Art <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Art-History%29.JNBR.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=Search> History. v. 15 (Sept. '92) p. 317-33 Subjects: Art <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Art-Appreciation%29.SU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=Search> -- Appreciation. Dadaism. <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Dadaism%29.SU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=Search> Women <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Women-in-art%29.SU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=Search> in art. Mary, <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Mary,-Blessed-Virgin,-Saint-In-art%29.SU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search= Search> Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In art. Apollinaire, <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Apollinaire,-Guillaume,-1880-1918%29.SU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=S earch> Guillaume, 1880-1918. Duchamp, <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Duchamp,-Marcel,-1887-1968-il:-Mariee-Standing-figure-L.H.O.O.Q- Paysage-fautif-illustration%29.SU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=Search> Marcel, 1887-1968. il: Mariee; Standing figure; L.H.O.O.Q; Paysage fautif (illustration) Picabia, <http://olc5.ohiolink.edu:20080/bin/gate.exe?f=toc&state=4jsu6b.7.1&expr=ALL &p_s_ALL=%28Picabia,-Francis,-1879-1953-il:-La-Sainte-Vierge-2-Fille-nee-san s-mere-Francis-Picabia-sic-Abstract-composition-Version-of-L.H.O.O.Q-after-D uchamp-illustration%29.SU.&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_search=Search> Francis, 1879-1953. il: La Sainte Vierge (2); Fille nee sans mere; Francis Picabia [sic]; Abstract composition; Version of L.H.O.O.Q. (after Duchamp) (illustration) Publication Type: featu. Language: eng ISSN: 0141-6790 Art Abstracts Accession Number: BART93004421 Cheers, Bryan Loar KSU SLIS Student _____ From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Denise Waxman Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:47 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] "Sacre Vierge" Ink Blot by Marcel Duchamp From Calvin Tompkins Bio of Duchamp (Pimlico 1996) pg 234: "If Rose Selavy represented the spirit of New York Dada, her counterparts in Paris were two widely circulated images by Francis Picabia: an ugly splatter of black ink on a white page in 391, entitled La Sainte Vierge (The Blessed Virgin), and a Dada Painting that consisted of a child's stuffed monkey nailed to a board, with "Portrait de Cezanne, Portrait de Renoir, Portrait de Rembrandt, Natures Morte" painted around the edges. Looks like Picabia is who this student is looking for. 391 was a magazine. Denise Waxman SILS student _____ From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary Kandiuk Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 11:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] "Sacre Vierge" Ink Blot by Marcel Duchamp Can anyone help with the following query from a student? I am in search of a copy of an ink blot called "Sacre Vierge" by Marcel Duchamp. With thanks, Mary Kandiuk Visual Arts, Design & Theatre Librarian York University Libraries [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]