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Boîte-en-Valise
195220th century
410 x 308 x 102 mm (16.1 x 12.1 x 4 in.)
Marcel Duchamp, French, (1887–1968)
Object Type:
other
Medium and Support:
Leather- and cloth-covered box containing lithographic reproductions and various media
Edition:
Box of lithographic reproductions of Duchamp’s work. Previously catalogued as one of twenty deluxe copies, this is actually from another set of fifteen, Bonk Series B. It also contains “Rotoreliefs,” 1953 edition (Arturo Schwarz 441a). Rose Fried organized an exhibition of the Duchamp family in 1952 (Bonk, p. 172); she also became distributor of the boite in 1952, a role she continued until 1954. It appears that the DAC boite was not for distribution, but rather a personal gift from Duchamp to Fried.
Marks:
Inscribed in black pen in the interior: “Pour Rose Fried, grand voyageuse, cette valise contenant 68 items et mes bons souhaits / Marcel Duchamp / N. Y. 1952”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Donated to the DAC by Rose Fried of the Rose Fried Gallery, New York
Bibliography:
Robert Lebel, Marcel Duchamp, 173 Boite-en-Valise (Paris, 1938; New York, 1941–1942); Janine Mileaf, “The House That Carrie Built: The Stettheimer Doll’s House of the 1920s,” Art & Design Profile 51 (part of Art & Design 11 (11/12), 1996), pp. 76–81, reproduced p. 80; Ecke Bonk, Marcel Duchamp: The Box in a Valise (New York: Rizzoli, 1989); Janine Mileaf, Please Touch: Dada & Surrealist Objects after the Readymade (Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Press, 2010), reproduced plate 19; Suzanne Ramljak, Case Studies: Art in a Valise (Katonah, NY: Katonah Museum of Art, 2006), cat. no. 4, p. 6; on Rose Fried and Duchamp, see Bonk, p. 172.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Rose Fried, 1964
Accession Number:
1964.48.1
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- suitcases - Pieces of luggage; usually rectangular, rigid, and flat; especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
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- object Dimensions: 410 x 308 x 102 mm (16.1 x 12.1 x 4 in.)
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Marcel Duchamp, French, (1887–1968) . Boîte-en-Valise, 1952. Leather- and cloth-covered box containing lithographic reproductions and various media. object : 410 x 308 x 102 mm (16.1 x 12.1 x 4 in.). DAC accession number 1964.48.1. Gift of Mrs. Rose Fried, 1964.
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