Marcel Duchamp ( Blainville-Crevon 1887 - New York City 1968 )
De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise), série C
Beige-cloth-covered wooden box with linen lining, containing 55 miniature replicas and reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp, dated, dedicated and signed 'Affectueusement Marcel Duchamp 1960', on the inside. Conceived between 1935 and 1940 ; this version executed in Paris in 1958 in from an unnumbered edition of 30
40 x 37.8 x 9 cm

With a vintage photographic portrait from Marcel Duchamp, ca 1940/1945



 
 
Provenance:
Marcel Duchamp, France
Gift from the artist to present owner, 1960
 
 
Literature:
- R. Lebel, Sur Marcel Duchamp, Paris, 1959, pp. 54, 55, 82-83, and 173-174, no. 173 (another illustrated version, pl. 109)
- C. Tomkins, The World of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1966, p. 156
- A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1970, pp. 551 and 513, no. 311c (another illustrated version)
- E. Bonk, Marcel Duchamp, The portable museum, The Making of the Boîte-en-valise, by or from Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, London, 1989, p. 299 (another illustrated copy in color)
- C. Tomkins, Duchamp, A Biography, New York, 1996, pp. 321-328, 331, 334, 339, 346, 353-354, 371, 376, 391, 422, 428, 436, and 443 (another illustrated version, p. 320)
- D. Ades, N. Cox, and D. Hopkins, Marcel Duchamp, London, 1999, pp. 174-179 (another illustrated version in color, pp. 176-177)
- F.M. Naumann, Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, New York, 1999, pp. 142-143, no. 5.31 and 5.32 (other illustrated versions in color)
- A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1997, vol. II, pp. 762-764, no. 484 (an illustrated copy, p. 763)
- F.M. Naumann, The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2012, p. 137, no. 14 (a copy from series A illustrated in color, p. 136)
- L. Witham, Picasso and the Chess Player: Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art, Hanover, 2013, pp. 167 and 183-184
 

De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise), série C