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An exceptional facsimile of Marcel Duchamps Bote-en-Valise, meticulously edited by Mathieu Mercier and published by Wather Knig in 2015. This first edition is a complete reproduction of the original Bote-en-Valise, with only 3000 copies made. It includes 81 high-quality reproductions of some of Duchamps most iconic works, including Fountain, Air de Paris, and Le Grand Verre (silkscreened on plexiglass).
The facsimile is carefully designed, with some works fixed in the box, others mounted on durable cardboard slots, and the remaining images printed on 17 high-quality satin paper sheets, some with double or triple pages. The book comes in its original box, remaining in pristine condition, offering an immersive experience into the genius of Duchamps art.
Key Features:
Artist: Marcel Duchamp.
Editor: Mathieu Mercier.
Publisher: Wather Knig, 2015.
Edition: First edition, limited to 3000 copies.
Contents: 81 reproductions, including fixed, slot-mounted, and fold-out prints.
Dimensions: 39 x 42 x 8 cm height (in its box).
Condition: Brand new, in its original box.
This rare and beautifully crafted facsimile is a must-have for collectors of Duchamps work, surrealist and conceptual art enthusiasts, and anyone passionate about the avant-garde movements of the 20th century.Creator: Marcel Duchamp (Artist)Dimensions: Height: 3.15 in (8 cm)Width: 16.54 in (42 cm)Depth: 15.36 in (39 cm)Style: Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)Materials and Techniques: PaperPlace of Origin: FrancePeriod: 2010-Date of Manufacture: 2015Condition: GoodWear consistent with age and use.Seller Location: Barcelona, ESReference Number: 1stDibs: LU1427243305712Shop All Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. His output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art. Duchamp advised modern art collectors such as Peggy Guggenheim and other prominent figures, thereby helping to shape the tastes of Western art during this period.
A playful man, Duchamp challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much by writing but through subversive actions such as dubbing a urinal “art” and naming it Fountain. He produced relatively few artworks, while moving quickly through the avant-garde circles of his time.
All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act, said Duchamp.
Born on July 28, 1887, in Blainville, brother of the artist Raymond Duchamp-Villon and the painter Jacques Villon, Duchamp began to paint in 1908. After producing several canvases in the current mode of Fauvism, he turned toward experimentation and the avant-garde, producing his most famous work, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) in 1912. Portraying continuous movement through a chain of overlapping Cubistic figures, the painting caused a furor at New York City’s famous Armory Show in 1913.
Duchamp painted very little after 1915, although he continued until 1923 to work on his masterpiece, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, an abstract work, also known as The Large Glass composed in oil and wire on glass that was enthusiastically received by the Surrealists.
In sculpture, Duchamp pioneered two of the main innovations of the 20th-century kinetic art and ready-made art. His “ready-mades” consisted simply of everyday objects, such as a urinal and a bottle rack. His Bicycle Wheel, an early example of kinetic art, was mounted on a kitchen stool.
After his short creative period, Duchamp was content to let others develop the themes he had originated; his pervasive influence was crucial to the development of Surrealism, Dada and Pop art.
Duchamp became an American citizen in 1955. He died in Paris on October 1, 1968.
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(Biography provided by David Barnett Gallery)
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