Sur Marcel Duchamp

INV-2492

Robert Lebel (French, 1904-1986) Henri Pierre Roché (French, 1879-1959) Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968) André Breton (French, 1896-1966)

Paris: Editions Trianon, 1959

20th Centurybookcollotype

Date

Paris: Editions Trianon, 1959

Medium

Enclosed in a brown cloth covered case with reproductions of Duchamp's notes, sketches and images on lining papers; Case includes small compartment with magnetic closure containing a collotype and stencil facsimile of the "Large Glass" and large compartment containing the book, with black velvet paper covered compartment cover with a torn silhouette profile of the artist on tan paper; mounted on the front of case is a blue enamel coated metial plaque lettered in white "Eau & gaz à tous les estages"

Dimensions

Outer case: 35 × 26.5 × 5.5 cm (13 13/16 × 10 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.); Inner book: 31 × 24 × 3 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Mary Reynolds Collection Fund, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

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