La boîte-en-valise (Box in a Suitcase)

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A leather-covered case containing miniature replicas & photographs of Duchamp's works (deluxe edition no. 2/20).

National Galleries of Scotland: Modern

Title

La boîte-en-valise (Box in a Suitcase)

Date

1935–1941

Measurements

H 10 x W 38 x D 40.5 cm

Accession number

GMA 3472

Acquisition method

anonymous gift, 1989

Work type

Sculpture

Inscription description

inscribed inside suitcase: pour Georges Hugnet ce no II / de vingt boites-en-valise contenant / chacune 69 items et un original / et par Marcel Duchamp / Paris mai 1941; reproduction on celluloid of 'The Large Glass' inscribed: coloriage original / Marcel Duchamp / 1940

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