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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Marcel Duchamp
The Box of 1914
1913-1914
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Marcel Duchamp
The Box of 1914
1913-1914
Commercial cardboard photographic supply box containing photographic facsimiles of sixteen manuscript notes and the drawing To Have the Apprentice in the Sun (Avoir l'apprenti dans le soleil) mounted on mat boards, and one photographic facsimilie of the drawing Médiocrité (Mediocrity), unmounted
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mme Marcel Duchamp, 1991
1991-133-1
Artist/maker
Marcel Duchamp
DETAILS

Dimensions

Other ((Box)): 9 13/16 × 7 7/16 × 1 3/8 inches (24.9 × 18.9 × 3.5 cm) Other (archival box; contains artwork): 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (25.7 x 19.1 x 3.8 cm) Other (archival box; contains empty cardboard box): 10 1/2 x 8 x 1 5/8 inches (26.7 x 20.3 x 4.1 cm)

Format

Drawings

Location

Made in Paris, France
CREDITS & RIGHTS
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Association Marcel Duchamp

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Source System ID

86183