Marcel Duchamp's Boîte-en-valise: The Museum of MetamorphosisMain MenuIntroductionThe Museum of MetamorphosisCatalogue essayThe Seven Series of BoîtesBoîtes in Museum Collections around the World…and OnlineFurther Reading[bibliography page]Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250
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12023-06-01T06:52:51-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250427001plain2023-06-01T06:52:51-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250The name of Rrose Sélavy, Duchamp’s female alter-ego, sounds like “éros, c’est la vie” [eros, that’s life]. Man Ray’s photograph of her appeared on a perfume bottle in Duchamp’s 1920-1921 “rectified readymade” Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette.