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Boîte-en-valise IV/XX, for Henrietta Gomes - Museum Tombstone Information:
12023-05-14T21:30:42-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250427003plain2023-05-14T21:31:08-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Marcel Duchamp (1887, Blainville-Crevon [Normandie, France] - 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine [Île de France, France]), Boîte-en-valise no. IV, 1936 [sic], Work in three dimensions, Cardboard box containing 69 replicas or facsimiles and an original gouache entitled Apolinere Enameled, Cardboard, paper, celluloid film, photographic reproductions, plastic material and gouche, 39,8 x 35 x 8 cm, dimensions (h x l x w) of the work when unfolded: about 40 x 110 x 50 cm., Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole
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1media/Screen Shot 2023-05-14 at 9.06.41 PM_thumb.png2023-05-14T21:30:05-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Boîte-en-valise IV/XX, for Henrietta Gomes, at Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole2Duchamp inscribed this Boîte-en-valise to Henrietta Gomes in May 1942, presenting it to her without the suitcase typical of the Boîte’s deluxe edition on account of the scarcity and expensiveness of leather at this time during the Occupation. It contains a gouache rendering of the 1916-1917 “assisted readymade” Apolinère Enameled as its “original.” Click to see tombstone.media/Screen Shot 2023-05-14 at 9.06.41 PM.pngplain2023-05-14T21:30:19-07:00Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole; Navigart45.47151759940295, 4.373464695200933Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250