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
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12023-05-15T00:34:48-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250427005plain2023-05-15T07:21:02-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Gradually assembled one at a time between 1941 and 1949, first in Paris and, from June 1942 onward, in New York, the first series of Boîtes consists of twenty numbered and four unnumbered "deluxe edition" boxes. Duchamp delivered each of these boxes to its dedicatee nested with a leather suitcase (save one, IV/XX); thus, each bears the title Boîte-en-valise.
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1media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 4.09.26 PM_thumb.png2023-05-13T14:13:33-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Boîte-en-valise II/XX, at the National Galleries, Scotland4Duchamp inscribed this Boîte-en-valise to Surrealist-affiliated artist and writer Georges Hugnet in May 1941. Its "original" is a color guide for the reproduction of The Large Glass.media/Screen Shot 2023-05-13 at 4.09.26 PM.pngplain2023-05-14T16:09:53-07:00National Galleries, Scotland. Artwork photographed by Antonia Reeve.55.95299458177585, -3.224471837611854Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250