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DUCHAMP, M. & V. HALBERSTADT. L'Opposition et les cases conjuguées sont réconciliées. (Par./Brux., Éditions de L'Échiquier, 1932). (4), 91 pp. (i.e., 180), eight plates with guards paginated 93-107, pp. 108-112 (i.e., 11 pp.), (1) p. advertisement, errata leaf inserted at front and another mounted on rear inner wrapper. Illustrated by Duchamp with 254 diagrams in text and eight full-page diagrams printed in red and black on tissue at end. (O)wrps. w. red lettering. (With reprinted wrps.??). - With: LE MONDE DES ECHECS. Serie N°. 1 (Brux., 1933). Publisher's portfolio containing 1 leaf w. text and 16 plates, each 160 x 240 mm.
Ad 1: Although best known as an artist, Duchamp was also an avid chess player, who competed professionally. The present chess manual, designed by Duchamp, resulted from his collaboration with French endgame theorist and former opponent Vitaly Halberstadt (1903-67). The text is in German, English, and French, and the book is illustrated with hundreds of diagrams in red, white, and black, and eight full-page diagrams on tracing paper at the end. - Cf. Bolliger, 63; Linde-Niemeijeriana, 2273. Ad 2: The portfolio comprises 16 portraits of famous chess players by various photography studios, including a shot of Duchamp and Halberstadt by Man Ray, with one leaf listing each competitor by name and nationality.€ 200
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