Mourir pour la patrie

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Paris: Éditions Cahiers d’Art, 1936

Marcel Jean (French, 1900-1993)
Roger Lacourière (French, 1892-1966)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist: Marcel Jean (Author)
Title: Mourir pour la patrie
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.: 1936
Medium: Illustrated book with two etchings
Inscriptions: Inscription reads “a marcel duchamp, / dans la lumiere du prisme ou sont enfermees / les illusions et les decouvertes vitales / ou les mots dessinent l'epure d'un cristal de roche / ou l'image de la mariee monte des miroirs tournants / hommage de toute admiration / Marcel Jean”
Dimensions: 34 × 25 × 1 cm (13 7/16 × 9 7/8 × 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries
Reference Number: 2020.41

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