Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise), Series A
Untitled
signed with initials and dated 'MD. 46' (lower right of Untitled); stamped and numbered 'MATTA XIII/XX' (on leather slips attached to the inner edge of the valise); stamped 'RMutt 1917' (on the Fountain)
original leather valise containing the original pencil drawing and head, axillary and pubic hair taped to a piece of paper and mounted behind cellulose (Untitled), mounted on the inside of the cover as issued, including the celluloid Glissière and the set of sixty-eight miniature replicas and reproductions in black and white and in colors by Marcel Duchamp mounted on and contained within the original paper, wood and textile box
Valise: 16 1/8 x 15 x 4 in. (41 x 38 x 10.2 cm.)
Box: 15 ¼ x 14 1/8 x 3 in. (38.9 x 35.7 x 7.6 cm.)
Untitled: 7 ½ x 6 in. (19 x 15.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1935-1941; this Boîte-en-valise example no. XIII/XX assembled in 1946.

Provenance
Roberto Matta, Paris (gift from the artist, 1946).
Patricia Kane Matta, Paris (acquired from the above).
Pierre Matisse, New York (by descent from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.