[DUCHAMP IN TURKEY] Marcel Duchamp. Prepared by Sükrü Aysan

DUCHAMP, MARCEL (1887-1968).

STT: Sanat Tanimi Toplulugu, Özdemir Basimevi, Istanbul, 1984.

Original white wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (19,5 x 13,5 cm). In Turkish. 115, [1], [34] p., 17 unnumbered b/w plates of artworks by Duchamps. Slightly toning. Otherwise, a very good/fine copy.

First and only, limited and numbered edition of this extremely rare first monograph on Marcel Duchamp in Turkish, prepared by Şükrü Aysan (b. 1945), a pioneering Turkish artist active since the late 1960s in Arte Povera, Land Art, Video Art, and Conceptual Art.

Published by the STT (Sanat Tanımı Topluluğu) group, founded by Şükrü Aysan and İsmail Saray in 1979, this pioneering publication includes three original articles in Turkish: "Rose c'est la vie by Ergül Özkutan, The Art of Duchamp by Nazlı Damlacı, and Timeline by Alparslan Baloğlu, as well as seven translations prepared by members of the group. These comprise texts by Henri-Pierre Roché (1879-1959), Marcel Duchamp, James Johnson Sweeney (1900-1986), Arturo Schwarz (1924-2001), and Yve-Alain Bois (b. 1952), along with an interview with Duchamp by Otto Hahn (1879-1968).

As of March 2026, OCLC locates the sole copy in Turkey, Bogaziçi University.