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798 - Marcel DUCHAMP (1887–1968) Boite alerte.
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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Marcel DUCHAMP (1887–1968) Boite alerte. Missives Lascives – 1959 / 1960. A collection of documents contained within a green cardboard letterbox measuring 28.5 x 18 cm with an opening, a movable lid numbered 1, a title on the front followed by a label printed in red: “Missives lascives” and, on the left-hand side, printed on a single line: “Exposition internationale du Surréalisme”. A Surrealist box designed by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp to house the catalogue of the International Exhibition of Surrealism (1959–1960) held at the Galerie Daniel Cordier, along with various other documents detailed below: 1 – The exhibition catalogue, a large, narrow 8vo of 144 pp., richly illustrated, paperback, with an illustrated cover, numbered 1/200. 2 – Nine ‘Missives lascives’, namely: – 1. Robert Benayoum, a pink envelope marked ‘Do not open under any circumstances’ containing *Le Corridor*, an illustrated four-panel booklet. - 2. Micheline Bounoure, a yellow envelope marked “Be passionate in the forest” containing two original symmetrical colour compositions on a single sheet, created by folding. - 3. Alain Joubert, a pale green envelope containing “La Perle fine”, a text printed on four sheets. - 4. Red envelope marked “Have you thought about giving some blood?”, containing a printed booklet: *La Pointe*. - 5. R. Benayoum, white envelope marked “Strictly personal”, containing authorisation to republish a redacted text. - 6. Octavio Paz, aerogramme “Huis clos” containing “Edemira B.” printed on two sheets and two photographs. - 7. Transparent envelope “Avis de souffrance” containing an anonymous booklet. “Letters from a Sadist”. - 8. André Pieyre de Mandiargues, orange envelope marked “For external use only” containing a booklet entitled “La Marée”. - 9. A white windowed envelope containing a black woman’s stocking marked “Top” by Mimi Parent. 3 – A telegram on pink paper from Marcel Duchamp: “To you at André Breton’s”. 4 – A double-sided 45 rpm vinyl record with texts recited by: side A. J. Mansour, “The Religious Intoxication of Big Cities”; side B: B. Péret, “La Brebis galante”. 5 - Six colour postcards by Bellmer, Dalí, Gorky, Miró, Svanberg and Clovis Trouille. 6 - Four original lithographs, numbered 1/200 and signed by the artists: Marie Toyen, Max Walter Svanberg, Adrien Dax and Joan Miró, and an etching numbered 1/200 and signed by Jacques Le Maréchal. Note: Rare, complete and in perfect condition
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Auction time 07/10/2026 at 2:00 PM
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