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Boîte Alerte: Exposition internationale du surréalisme

A work made of cardboard box, catalogue, telegram, 4 lithographs, etching, 10 envelopes and other materials.

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  • A work made of cardboard box, catalogue, telegram, 4 lithographs, etching, 10 envelopes and other materials.

Date:

Paris: Galerie Daniel Cordier, 1959–1960

Artist:

Mimi Parent (Canadian, 1924-2005)
André Breton (French, 1896-1966)
Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mimi Parent

Title

Boîte Alerte: Exposition internationale du surréalisme

Place

Paris (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1959

Medium

Cardboard box, catalogue, telegram, 4 lithographs, etching, 10 envelopes and other materials

Dimensions

28.5 × 18 × 6.5 cm (11 1/4 × 7 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection Fund, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2020.53

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