Marcel Duchamp

Duchamp, Henri-Robert Marcel

American, born France, 1887 - 1968

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French painter and sculptor (1887–1968)

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Marcel Duchamp, Boîte-en-valise, 1961, green linen-covered case containing 68 miniature replicas, photographs, black-and-white and color reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, 1972.75.4.a-ppp

Boîte-en-valise

Marcel Duchamp · 1961 · green linen-covered case containing 68 miniature replicas, photographs, black-and-white and color reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp ·  Accession ID  1972.75.4.a-ppp

This free-standing sculpture is a French window with a teal-colored frame and black, leather-lined glass panes standing on a flat, shallow base. Each door is made up of four, vertically stacked, equally sized panes. The doors are hinged on a narrow frame and open with small, clear knobs placed next to the second pane down from the top. The doors are slightly ajar. Black writing in capital block letters on the top surface of the base is legible in this photograph. It reads, “FRESH WIDOW COPYRIGHT ROSE SELAVY 1920.”
Marcel Duchamp, Fresh Widow, original 1920, fabricated 1964, painted wood, glass, black leather, paper, and transparent tape, Gift of Deborah and Ed Shein, 2008.33.1

Fresh Widow

Marcel Duchamp · original 1920, fabricated 1964 · painted wood, glass, black leather, paper, and transparent tape ·  Accession ID  2008.33.1