Marcel DUCHAMP

The Temptation of St. Anthony.  Bel Ami International Competition and Exhibition of New Paintings by Eleven American and European Artists 1946-1947.  32 pp.  Illustrated throughout with photographs and reproductions of the paintings from the competition.  Small folio, 273 x 220 mm, bound in publisher’s illustrated wrappers.  Washington DC: American Federation of the Arts, 1947.

First Edition, a fine copy of this catalogue designed by Duchamp.  Duchamp also served as a judge for the competition which was won by Max Ernst (his painting is featured on the cover).  Included entries by; Ivan le Lorraine Albright, Eugene Berman, Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dali, Paul Delvaux, Louis Guglielmi, Horace Pippin, Stanley Spencer, Dorothea Tanning, and Abraham Rattner.

Schwarz, No. 519.