Lot 221: ANDRÉ RAFFRAY | Broyeuse de chocolat n°2, de Marcel Duchamp, interrompue 

colored pencils on paper laid down on canvas 
Executed in 2001. 

64 x 53,5 cm; 25 3/16 x 21 1/16 in.

This work is in very good original condition.
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Vence, Château Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Galerie Beaubourg, André Raffray - Un musée imaginaire, April - June 2001; catalogue, p. 163, illustrated in colour
Saint-Brieuc, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Brieuc; Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen,  André Raffray ou la peinture recommencée, 25 June 2005 - 21 January 2006; catalogue, p. 113, illustrated 
Paris, Galerie Beaubourg, Etant donné André Raffray, October 2008; catalogue, p.10, illustrated
Brest, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest - FRAC Bretagne, André Raffray - Le peintre des peintures, 18 December - 4 April 2010; catalogue, p. 42, illustrated

Acquired from the artist by the current owners