"Weibliches Feigenblatt" (1950)

English translation: Female Fig Leaf

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German term or phrase:Weibliches Feigenblatt
English translation:Female Fig Leaf
Entered by: Kim Metzger

22:02 Jan 14, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
German term or phrase: "Weibliches Feigenblatt" (1950)
a photo(?) or sculpture by Marcel Duchamp... i have only the German
lisa rosenblatt
Female Fig Leaf
Explanation:
Here's an official confirmation:
I'm afraid to say that we, as a not-for-profit website do not advise on artworks by Marcel Duchamp - unlike a lot of other (gallery-affiliated) scholars in the field.

This said, I can tell you that at a Marcel Duchamp auction by Sotheby's London on December 7th, 1999 (sale 9107/lot 42), one example of the 1961 edition of the "Female Fig Leaf" (besides the originals, there are two FFL editions of ten, one of 1951 [casts painted brown] and another of 1961 [casts in bronze]) sold for BP 89.500 (ca. $145.000 at the time).



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4 +3Female Fig Leaf
Kim Metzger
5 +1female fig leave
Dr. Fred Thomson


  

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female fig leave


Explanation:
literal translation

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eva Blanar: Very strange title, but this probably is the only solution to translate. And it is leaf, of course
32 mins
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Female Fig Leaf


Explanation:
Here's an official confirmation:
I'm afraid to say that we, as a not-for-profit website do not advise on artworks by Marcel Duchamp - unlike a lot of other (gallery-affiliated) scholars in the field.

This said, I can tell you that at a Marcel Duchamp auction by Sotheby's London on December 7th, 1999 (sale 9107/lot 42), one example of the 1961 edition of the "Female Fig Leaf" (besides the originals, there are two FFL editions of ten, one of 1951 [casts painted brown] and another of 1961 [casts in bronze]) sold for BP 89.500 (ca. $145.000 at the time).



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Note added at 2002-01-15 03:25:43 (GMT)
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http://www.marcelduchamp.net/wwwboard/messages/22.html

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 16:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: wow!
12 mins

agree  Sonja Cooper (X): Unbelievable!!
1 hr

agree  Tao Weber (X): I bow my head in awe!!!
9 hrs
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