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
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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
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