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 XX/XX, for the Stedelijk Museum, Museum Tombstone Information:
12023-05-13T14:41:05-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250427003plain2023-05-13T14:42:26-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Marcel Duchamp, Box in a Valise, Artists’ books, 1936-1941/1941-1949, Box enclosed in a leather valise containing miniature replicas and colour reproductions of works by Duchamp; with one original drawing mounted into the lid of the valise, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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1media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 4.38.08 PM_thumb.png2023-05-13T14:40:30-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Boîte-en-valise XX/XX, for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam2Duchamp inscribed this Boîte-en-valise, the last of the deluxe series, to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1949, and there it remains. For its “original,” it includes a 1:1 drawing of the lowest of the three Oculist Witnesses from The Large Glass. Click to see tombstone.media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 4.38.08 PM.pngplain2023-05-14T09:24:06-07:00Stedelijk Museum52.35817818524619, 4.879760764417872Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250