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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12023-06-01T06:30:51-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250427006plain2023-06-01T06:45:54-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Brenna Campbell, Élodie Lévêque, and Erin Jue, “Marcel Duchamp’s Boîtes-en-valise: Collaboration and Conservation,” Studies in Conservation 57, no. sup1 (2012): S52-S60 for an appraisal of the Boîte's physical change over time; Bonk, Marcel Duchamp: The Box in a Valise, 207–9 and Campbell, Lévêque, and Jue, S59-S60 for the evidence to suggest that Duchamp did not foresee or intend the Boîte's deterioration.
Click on the close-up image of the reproduction of Glissière[Glider] to read more about how Duchamp responded to physical change in the Boîte during his lifetime.
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1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-01 at 9.03.26 PM_thumb.png2023-03-29T08:52:29-07:00Close-up of the right pull-out [tirette] of a series B Boîte13Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy [Boîte, Series B], 1935-1941, 40.5 x 37 x 9.5 cm., Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Detail (screenshot taken using the museum website's close-up feature).media/Screen Shot 2023-03-01 at 9.03.26 PM.pngplain2023-05-01T15:22:16-07:00Centre Pompidou1936-1941Assembled in New York by Joseph Cornell, Xenia Cage, and Patricia Matta Kane