Three New York Dadas and The Blind Man - Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood

Three New York Dadas and The Blind Man - Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood / translated by Chris Allen / ISBN 9781900565431 / 160-page hardback, 6.9 x 9.1 inches, published by Atlas Press *** Three New York Dadas and The Blind Man relates the story of the triangular relationship between Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood, told in the words of two of its protagonists; and also reprints in facsimile the Dadaist magazine they produced together in New York in 1917: The Blind Man. The principal text is the first English translation of Roché’s novel Victor, an account of his friendship with Duchamp (nicknamed Victor by his close friends in those days). Although unfinished, Roché’s text offers a unique account of New York Dada, all of whose principal characters and events make an appearance: Francis Picabia, Arthur Cravan, the Arensbergs and their soirées, the Blind Man’s Ball and the scandal of Duchamp’s "Fountain" at the Independents exhibition, a pivotal m