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Marcel Duchamp

Blainville 1887 – 1968 Paris

„From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy (The Box in a Valise)“. 1966

Original box, covered with red leather, with a total of 3 miniature objects and 77 reproductions after original works by the artist. Box: 41,2 × 38,3 × 9,5 cm (16 ¼ × 15 ⅛ × 3 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Marcel Duchamp. „From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy (The Box in a Valise)“. 1966.

Estimate:

EUR 200,000

 

- 300,000

USD 225,000

 

- 337,000

Sold for:

450,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Selected Works, Thursday, 26.11.2015

Information

Original box, covered with red leather, with a total of 3 miniature objects and 77 reproductions after original works by the artist. Box: 41,2 × 38,3 × 9,5 cm (16 ¼ × 15 ⅛ × 3 ¾ in.). Signed on the inside base of the box. Catalogue raisonné: Schwarz 484 (Series F). One of 75 numbered copies of the series F. The corners of the inner fold-out elements partially with minimal scuff marks.

The red box from series F contains 80 reproductions and replicas, and therefore contains 12 elements more than the preceding series. It contains replicas of the following numbers, according to the catalogue raisonné by Arturo Schwarz: 181, 183-185, 191, 192, 197, 214, 221-224, 226, 228, 229-231, 233-235, 237-239, 245-253, 264, 270, 271, 278, 282, 283, 291, 302, 306, 328, 332, 339, 340, 342-345, 350, 351, 354, 355, 358, 362, 365, 367,369, 374, 376, 379, 380, 383, 390, 391, 397, 403, 404, 406, 409, 441, 446, 480, 536, 542 and 545. Jacqueline Matisse-Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp, Paris, have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Private collection, Berlin (acquired 1979 from Alexina Duchamp, the artist's widow, Paris, thence by descent to the present owner)

Accompanied by a confirmed duplicate of the original certificate by the Association Marcel Duchamp, Paris, dated 28 October 2015. Enclosure: 1 double sheet of black paper with two reproductions after original works by the artist: Monte Carlo Bond (1924) and Tzanck Check (1919) as well as two replacement sheets for the reproduction "3 stoppages élalon"

Ecke Bonk: Marcel Duchamp. Die große Schachtel de ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy. Schirmer/Mosel, Munich 1989, colour ill. on the title page (our example) / Grisebach - Das Journal. Issue 5, Berlin 2015, p. 20-33

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