Boîte-en-valise

1961

Marcel Duchamp

Artist, American, born France, 1887 - 1968

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    green linen-covered case containing 68 miniature replicas, photographs, black-and-white and color reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine

  • Dimensions

    overall (closed): 40.5 × 37.2 × 8.6 cm (15 15/16 × 14 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
    overall (open): 88.3 × 37.2 × 40.3 cm (34 3/4 × 14 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.75.4.a-ppp

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1993

  • Assignment Rescue: The Story of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, 1993-1994.

2022

  • The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2022, no. 10.

Inscriptions

"Marcel Duchamp" interior bottom of case, blue ballpoint pen.
"Pour Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine / Love affection / Marcel Duchamp / 1965" interior bottom of case, graphite.

Wikidata ID

Q63854724

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