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MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)

Lot 75
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 75 | MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)
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$ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)
De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise), Series A
signed, dated and titled ‘Réflection à main Marcel Duchamp 1948’ (lower edge of Réflection à main); signed, dated, dedicated and inscribed 'pour Hélène et Henri Hoppenot ce No. XVIII de vingt boites-en-valise contenant chacune 69 items et un original et par Marcel Duchamp New York 1949’ (on the interior of the case); stamped with dedication and numbered 'HÉLÈNE ET HENRI HOPPENOT XVIII/XX' (on leather slips attached to the inner edge of the valise); stamped 'RMutt 1917' (on the Fountain)
original leather valise containing the original drawing in pencil and estompe on paper with circular cut-out mounted over a mirror and behind cellulose (Réflection à main), mounted on the inside of the cover as issued, including the celluloid Glissière and the set of sixty-eight miniature replicas and reproductions in black and white and in colors by Marcel Duchamp mounted on and contained within the original paper, wood and textile box
Valise: 16 1/8 x 15 x 4 in. (41 x 38 x 10.2 cm.)
Box: 15 ¼ x 14 1/8 x 3 in. (38.9 x 35.7 x 7.6 cm.)
Réflection à main: 9 3/8 x 6 ½ in. (23.5 x 15.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1935-1940; this Boîte-en-valise example no. XVIII/XX assembled in 1949; Réflection à main executed in 1948




Provenance

Hélène and Henri Hoppenot, Paris (Christmas gift from the artist, 1949).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, circa 1970s.



Literature

R. Lebel, Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1959, pp. 54-55, 82-83 and 173-174, no. 173 (another example illustrated, pl. 109).
C. Tomkins, The World of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1966, p. 156.
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1970, pp. 511-513, no. 311a (another example illustrated, pp. 511-512).
P. Cabanne, Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1971, p. 79.
E. Bonk, Marcel Duchamp, The Box in a Valise: De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy, New York, 1989, pp. 256 and 292 (illustrated in color, p. 292; Réflection à main illustrated in color, p. 293; other examples illustrated, pp. 257-291 and 294-298).
C. Tomkins, Duchamp: A Biography, New York, 1996, pp. 314-328.
D. Ades, N. Cox and D. Hopkins, Marcel Duchamp, London, 1999, pp. 174-178 (another example illustrated with the artist, p. 175; another example illustrated, pp. 176-177).
F.M. Naumann, Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, New York, 1999, p. 141, no. 5.31 (another example illustrated in color, p. 142).
A. Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2000, vol. I, pp. 47, 762 and 764, no. 484 (another example illustrated in color, p. 407, pl. 191; other examples illustrated, p. 763).
F.M. Naumann, The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp, New York, 2012, pp. 136-157 (another example illustrated in color, p. 136; other examples illustrated in color, p. 147, pl. 14.16; p. 149, pl. 14.19; p. 151, pl. 14.22; p. 152, pls. 14.23-14.24; p. 154, pl. 14.30 and p. 155, pl. 14.29; another example illustrated with the artist, p. 148, pl. 14.17).
l. Witham, Picasso and the Chess Player: Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art, Hanover, 2013, pp. 167 and 183-184 (another example illustrated, fig. 19).



Exhibited

Philadelphia Museum of Art and Houston, The Menil Collection, Joseph Cornell/ Marcel Duchamp…in Resonance, October 1998-May 1999, pp. 154 and 334, no. 41 (illustrated in color).



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