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Boîte-en-valise (De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy)

Marcel Duchamp American, born France
1935–1941/1961
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Boîte-en-valise (De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy)
  • Artist: Marcel Duchamp (American (born France), Blanville 1887–1968 Neuilly-sur-Seine)
  • Date: 1935–1941/1961
  • Medium: Sixty-eight miniature replicas and reproductions of works by Duchamp in a cloth-covered cardboard box
  • Dimensions: Height: 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm)
    Width: 14 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (37.9 × 9 cm)
    Depth: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
  • Classification: Portfolios
  • Credit Line: John B. Turner Fund, 1968
  • Object Number: 68.620
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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