Marcel Duchamp's Boîte-en-valise: The Museum of MetamorphosisMain MenuIntroductionThe Museum of MetamorphosisCatalogue essayThe Seven Series of BoîtesBoîtes in Museum Collections around the WorldFurther Reading[bibliography page]Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250
1media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 2.05.46 PM_thumb.png2023-05-13T12:07:01-07:00Boîte-en-valise 0/XX (hors série), for Mary Reynolds, at the Art Institute of Chicago12Duchamp inscribed this Boîte-en-valise, one of the four deluxe Boîtes that he produced outside the official edition of twenty, to his lover Mary Reynolds in May 1941. Reynolds, a bookbinder, helped Duchamp design the box used for the Boîtes when the architecture that he had initially envisioned proved too frail. While Duchamp left Paris and eventually France following the Nazi occupation, Reynolds remained in the capital and supported the French Resistance. For its “original,” this Boîte contains a color-guide for the pochoir reproduction of Sonata (1938), a painting that depicts Duchamp’s sisters playing music in front of their deaf mother at their home in Rouen. Click to see tombstone information.media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 2.05.46 PM.pngplain2023-05-14T09:43:46-07:00Art Institute of Chicago41.88046319034153, -87.62394933438941
1media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 3.44.04 PM_thumb.png2023-05-13T14:03:23-07:00Boîte-en-valise 0/XX (hors série), for Walter and Lou Arensberg, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art2Duchamp inscribed this Boîte-en-valise to the Arensbergs, his principal patrons, in March 1943. It entered the Philadelphia Museum of Art, along with the rest of the Arensberg collection, upon Walter Arensberg’s death. For its “original,” it contains a color guide to the pochoir reproduction of Duchamp’s 1912 drawing Virgin. Click to see tombstone information.media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 3.44.04 PM.pngplain2023-05-14T09:16:19-07:0039.96634264890287, -75.18081589691656