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BoxesFrench20th century

Boite-en-valise

c. 1961

Artists

Marcel DuchampArtist

Classification

Boxes

Technique

Collotype

Medium

Box containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp

Culture

French

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Modern & Contemporary Art

Dimensions

40.6 x 37.2 x 9 cm (16 x 14 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

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