DUCHAMP MARCEL: (1887-1968) French-born American Painter, Writer and Chess Player.

DUCHAMP MARCEL: (1887-1968) French-born American Painter, Writer and Chess Player.
A.L.S., Marcel, one page, 4to, n.p., 25th October 1947, to [Charles R.] Hulbeck (Richard Huelsenbeck). Duchamp informs his friend that `The pictures are not back and I am afraid won´t be back for some months', continuing to explain 'Schweizer, the representative here, is in France and is coming back in a few weeks or days. He will have exact information about the return of the shipment. Don´t worry'. A letter of interesting association. The upper edge of the letter is very slightly irregularly trimmed, otherwise VGRichard Huelsenbeck (1892-1974) German Psychoanalyst, Poet, Writer & Drummer, founder of the Berlin Dada Group. Huelsenbeck was continually investigated by the Nazi authorities from 1933, although managed to emigrate to the United States in 1936. Once there he changed his name to Charles R. Hulbeck and practiced medicine and psychoanalysis in Long Island, New York. Huelsenbeck's autobiography, Memoirs of a Dada Drummer, gives detailed accounts of his interactions with many key figures of the movement, including Duchamp.Duchamp's work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art and Dada and the artist is considered by many critics to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century. He advised modern art collectors and other prominent figures, thereby helping to shape the tastes of Western art and challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and rejected the emerging art market. Duchamp famously dubbed a urinal art and named it Fountain, however he produced relatively few artworks while remaining mostly aloof of the avant-garde circles of his time. Duchamp went on to pretend to abandon art and devote the rest of his life to chess, whilst secretly continuing to make art.