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12023-05-14T06:35:47-07:00The Seven Series of Boîtes and the 24 Boîtes-en-valise17gallery2023-05-15T07:50:42-07:00Duchamp issued his Boîtes, numbering between 296 and 311 in total, in seven editions, conventionally identified with the letters A-G: one deluxe edition (series A, issued 1941-1949) and six standard editions. For each standard series, he selected a different color scheme, making them fairly simple to distinguish from one another. Scroll through the gallery of sample Boîtes to read about the particular features of each series and the modifications that Duchamp made to the Boîte between editions.