Posted by Thomas Girst on November 14, 19102 at 02:54:43:
: Hi Rob,
: we were just doing research about this obscure episode ourselves and have never found evidence of this whole thing being true.
: In the March 1964 issue of the New York Folklore Quarlerly a ca. 12 pp. article was supposedly published (titled: "The Declaration of Independence for Grennwich Village") detailing the abovementioned endeavour of Duchamp and his friends.
: We are in the process of ordering the source material, apparently still available via the New York Folklore Society in Schenectady, NY (www.nyfolklore.org)
: I believe however that Wohemia is a typo (I came across the anecdote before but not across "Wohemia) but we'll have to see.
: Best,
: Thomas