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
Boîte-en-valise I/XX, for Peggy Guggenheim - Museum Tombstone Information:
12023-05-14T06:22:06-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250427003plain2023-05-14T06:23:33-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Marcel Duchamp, Box in a Valise (Boîte-en-valise), 1941; Leather-covered valise containing wood, buckram, velvet, ceramic, oil cloth, glass, cellophane tape, iron wire, and iron and brass elements; reproductions in collotype, letterpress, and lithography on paper, cellulose acetate, and paperboard with watercolor, pochoir, ink, and graphite; 40.7 x 37.2 x 10.1 cm; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York)
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1media/Screen Shot 2023-05-14 at 8.17.55 AM_thumb.png2023-05-14T06:21:36-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Boîte-en-valise I/XX, for Peggy Guggenheim, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice3Duchamp inscribed this first numbered Boîte-en-valise to Peggy Guggenheim in April 1941. It contains a color guide for the pochoir reproduction of his 1912 painting The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes as its “original.” Click to see tombstone.media/Screen Shot 2023-05-14 at 8.17.55 AM.pngplain2023-05-14T09:23:15-07:00Peggy Guggenheim Collection45.430911221219475, 12.33167687163156Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250