133 - Marcel DUCHAMP

Marcel DUCHAMP By Marcel Duchamp or Rose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise), Series F - 1966 Wooden and cardboard box with red leather cover and red linen trim, containing 80 miniature replicas and reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp All 80 miniatures and reproductions are present Signed on the bottom “Marcel Duchamp,” annotated and titled on the lid “by or from / MARCEL DUCHAMP / or / RROSE SÉLAVY” Designed between 1935 and 1940, this version was assembled in Paris and Milan in 1966 in an edition of 75 copies 41.3 x 38.4 x 9.5 cm Provenance: Teeny Duchamp Jacques Busquet Collection (donated by her on the occasion of her birthday, January 6, 1993) Passed down to the current owner Bibliography: R. Lebel, Marcel Duchamp, New York 1959, pp. 54, 55, 82, 83, and 73–174, no. 173, reproduced on p. 109 (another version) C. Tomkins, *The World of Marcel Duchamp 1887–1968*, Time-Life Library of Art, New York 1966, p. 156 A. Schwartz, *The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp*, New York 1970, pp. 511 and 513, no. 311a, reproduced (another version) E. Bonk, Marcel Duchamp, *The Box in a Valise: by or of Marcel Duchamp or Rose Sélavy*, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, 1989, reproduced in color on the cover and p. 301 (another copy) C. Tomkins, *Duchamp: A Biography*, H. Holt Editions, New York, 1996, pp. 314–328 D. Ades, N. Cox, and D. Hopkins, Marcel Duchamp, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999, pp. 175 and 178 Joseph Cornell / Marcel Duchamp, exhibition catalog, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1998–1999, pp. 287 and 333, no. 29; another version exhibited and reproduced in color on p. 145 F.M. Naumann, *Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction*, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1999, no. 5.31, reproduced in color on p. 142 (another version) A. Schwarz, *The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp*, Delano Greenidge Editions, New York, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 47, 762, and 764, no. 484, reproduced in color on p. 407 (another version) and pl. 191, reproduced on p. 763 (another version) Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia, exhibition catalog, London, Tate Modern, 2008, no. 188, reproduced in color on p. 142 (another version exhibited and reproduced) F.M. Naumann, *The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life, and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp*, Readymade Press, New York, 2012, pp. 136–157, reproduced in color on p. 136 (another version) L. Witham, *Picasso and the Chess Player: Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art*, University Press of New England, Hanover, 2013, pp. 167 and 183–184 (another version reproduced) A certificate from the Marcel Duchamp Association will be issued to the purchaser (in accordance with the Marcel Duchamp Association’s procedure, only a duplicate will be provided; the original will be retained in their archives). Marcel DUCHAMP 41.3 x 38.4 x 9.5 cm