À L'Infinitif (The White Box), Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
1887 - 1968
À L'Infinitif (The White Box)
Signed Marcel Duchamp, dated 1966 and numbered 1/150 (on the cover); signed Marcel Duchamp (on the title page)
Plexiglas box with screenprint containing bound text and seven folders with 71 facsimile notes
Height: 13 in. (33 cm)
Conceived in 1966.
Jacqueline Matisse Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Condition Report:
The plexiglas container which fits over the work is not original. The screenprint element is loose from the plexiglas cover and there is a small chip to the plexiglas at upper right. The screenprint image of the Glider 1913-15 is signed and numbered and is in excellent condition. There is a small chip in the upper right corner outside the image which may be original to the cutting of the plexiglass. The pages of the bound text, the folders and the facsimiles are in excellent condition. The black folders feature extremely minor handling creases consistent with the age and participatory nature of the work. The folders contain 71 of 79 original notes in excellent condition.
Provenance:
Cleve Gray, Connecticut
Sale: Christie's East, New York, May 9, 1989, lot 142
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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Marcel Duchamp
1887 - 1968
À L'Infinitif (The White Box)
Signed Marcel Duchamp, dated 1966 and numbered 1/150 (on the cover); signed Marcel Duchamp (on the title page)
Plexiglas box with screenprint containing bound text and seven folders with 71 facsimile notes
Height: 13 in. (33 cm)
Conceived in 1966.
Jacqueline Matisse Monnier and the Association Marcel Duchamp have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Condition Report:
The plexiglas container which fits over the work is not original. The screenprint element is loose from the plexiglas cover and there is a small chip to the plexiglas at upper right. The screenprint image of the Glider 1913-15 is signed and numbered and is in excellent condition. There is a small chip in the upper right corner outside the image which may be original to the cutting of the plexiglass. The pages of the bound text, the folders and the facsimiles are in excellent condition. The black folders feature extremely minor handling creases consistent with the age and participatory nature of the work. The folders contain 71 of 79 original notes in excellent condition.
Provenance:
Cleve Gray, Connecticut
Sale: Christie's East, New York, May 9, 1989, lot 142
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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