Sur Marcel Duchamp

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Marcel Duchamp

Title

Sur Marcel Duchamp

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

Enclosed in a brown cloth covered case with reproductions of Duchamp's notes, sketches and images on lining papers; Case includes small compartment with magnetic closure containing a collotype and stencil facsimile of the "Large Glass" and large compartment containing the book, with black velvet paper covered compartment cover with a torn silhouette profile of the artist on tan paper; mounted on the front of case is a blue enamel coated metial plaque lettered in white "Eau & gaz à tous les estages"

Edition

Number 14 of 131

Inscriptions

signed in white enamel paint: M.D., silhouette insert signed "Marcel dechiravit"

Dimensions

Outer case: 35 × 26.5 × 5.5 cm (13 13/16 × 10 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.); Inner book: 31 × 24 × 3 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection Fund, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2020.51

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