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Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1887-07-28 - 1968-10-02

Nationality

French

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Book As Art I, The / Cage J ; Benes BL ; Duchamp M ; Minsky R ; Samaras L ; Waitzkin S ; Asher E ; Beard P ; Dine J ; Fine J ; Gilhooley D ; Greenbaum M ; Ashbery J ; Oldenburg C ; Rivers L ; Schlossberg E ; Ting W ; Warhol A ; Wiley WT., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-23396-23839
Scope and Contents

There is a brief essay by D. Fendrick about the book as a work of art. "Boite-en-Valise" and "The Large Glass and Related Works" by M. Duchamp that are mentioned and reproduced in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive as is Lucas Samaras' "Book." The loose sheet is a price list. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Books and Portfolios: 1957-1992 / Duchamp M ; Bruskin G ; Johns J ; Indiana R ; Kruger B ; Cage J ; Ruscha E ; Samaras L ; Warhol A ; Schlossberg E., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-23554-23999
Scope and Contents

Several books in this exhibition are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Etant Donnes: Manual of Instructions / Duchamp, Marcel., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-15573-15900
Scope and Contents

The soft cover book is titled "Reflections on a New Work by Marcel Duchamp" and was written by Anne d'Harnoncourt and Walter Hopps. It is a reprint of essays from 1969 and 1973. The hard cover book is a facsimile notebook that Duchamp kept for this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Moonstrips Empire News Volume 1 / Paolozzi, Eduardo; Wittgenstein L; Duchamp M; Picabia F., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-29926-31315
Scope and Contents Various paper stocks were used for the prints, viz., Centurian, Ferndown, Fibrex, Flexicover, Kendal and Soho cover boards, All British Cartridge, Astralux cast coated boards, and clear Acetate. According to Diane Kirpatrick (Eduardo Paolozzi, New York Graphic Society, 1969), the work was conceived as a giant file of text and image collages from the artist's voluminous collection. Each viewer is invited to 'edit' the book by experimenting with various arrangements of the sheets in the box. Paolozzi was concerned in this book between the relationship of Kitsch to technology. The color combinations of the inks are elegant with prodigious use of gold, silver, and copper metal inks. The moulded plexiglas box has a Dayglo pink color (other copies had this color or bright yellow or bright green). The images include movie stills and strips, There are several prints that include scientific, industrial, weather, and news photography. Images include graphs, advertisements, art...
Dates: 1967