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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12023-05-15T09:15:54-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250427007plain2023-05-15T09:38:02-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Enabling viewers to narrow in on whichever details of a photograph of an artwork they choose, the Zoom function (common on museum websites) gives today's online imaginary museum a key advantage over Malraux's. Drawing one closer to the object as if one were moving through real, continuous space, it vividly simulates the experience of seeing the Boîte open on a tabletop.
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1media/Screen Shot 2023-05-14 at 12.24.34 PM_thumb.png2023-05-14T10:26:50-07:00Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250Boîte (Series C, 1958) at the Baltimore Museum of Art1Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887-1968), Boîte-en-valise (From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy), 1958, Collotype, letterpress, watercolor, and color reproductions of 68 works by Marcel Duchamp in gray cloth-covered wooden box; Box: 89 x 378 x 403 mm (3-1/2 x 14-7/8 x 15-7/8 in.), Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD xmedia/Screen Shot 2023-05-14 at 12.24.34 PM.pngplain2023-05-14T10:26:50-07:00Baltimore Museum of Art39.3265817637821, -76.6192578693144Lauren Rooney597ff088ef1db884d9e8445c7e06bd004b6c1250