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an image of a red box with pictures of people inside of ita display case with a toilet, urinal, and other items in ita red box with a picture of a boat inside of ita red box with a picture of a man in a suit and tiea red box with a bunch of tools inside of ita red suitcase that has a picture of an airplane in ittwo books with pictures of a man and woman in theman image of a book with a painting of a man on a horsea book with a red cover and a gold triangle on top of itan open red box containing a bottle of wine and a picture of a womana picture of a painting in a red boxdrawing of a man sitting on a rock with a dogtwo paintings of a man and a woman in a black framedrawing of a family sitting at a table playing chessa black and white drawing of a plane with a man on itan image of a drawing of a woman in a dress and a picture of a man in a hatthree framed drawings of nudes in black frames on a white backgrounda black and white photo of a drawing of a man and a womana black and white drawing of a group of people standing in a linetwo framed drawings of a woman and a man in a chairtwo framed paintings of nudes in a black frame with a white backgroundan image of a black and white drawing of a woman on a chairtwo black and white drawings of a woman in a dress and a man in a tuxedoan open book with a drawing of a man and a woman on itblack and white drawing of a group of people in a roomtwo black and white drawings of a man and a womana black and white drawing of a piece of paper with a drawing on ita drawing of a plan of a building with a lot of lines on ittwo black and white photographs of a staircase and a windowtwo black and white photographs of a bathroom with a toilet and a sinkan image of a black and white drawing of a map of a towna picture of a picture of a large metal structurea black and white photo of a room with pictures on the wallan image of a drawing of a tree in the watera black and white photo of a room with a chair and a tabletwo framed photographs of an old fashioned machine and a picture of an old fashioned machineblack and white photograph of a table with a bird on itan image of a painting of a woman with long hairtwo framed photographs of a wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wantedan image of a poster for a dog show with a picture of a dog on itan old advertisement for a casino card with a picture of a doga black and white photo of a brick building with a windowblack and white photograph of an open door in a black roomblack and white photograph of a window with a glass panean old picture of a black and white picture of a pyramidan image of a picture of a picture of a vase and a picture of a vasean orange and blue heart on a black backgroundan old black and white photo of two pictures of a machinea black and white photo of a hat on a standtwo black and white photographs of a lamp and a record on a stand
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Marcel DUCHAMP By or attributed to Marcel Duchamp or Rose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise), Series F – 1966 Wooden and cardboard box with a 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 base “Marcel Duchamp”, annotated and titled on the lid “by or of / 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 the latter on the occasion of her birthday, 6 January 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 colour 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 catalogue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1998–1999, pp. 287 and 333, no. 29; another version exhibited and reproduced in colour 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 colour 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 colour on p. 407 (another version) and pl. 191, reproduced on p. 763 (another version) Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia, exhibition catalogue, London, Tate Modern, 2008, no. 188, reproduced in colour 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 colour 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 issued, the original being retained in their archives). Marcel DUCHAMP 41.3 x 38.4 x 9.5 cm
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