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| Title: | The Box of 1914 |
| Date: | 1913-1914 |
| Artist: | Marcel Duchamp (American (born France), 1887–1968) |
| Medium: | Commercial cardboard photographic supply box containing photographic facsimiles of sixteen manuscript notes and the drawing To Have the Apprentice in the Sun (Avoir l'apprenti dans le soleil) mounted on mat boards, and one photographic facsimilie of the drawing Médiocrité (Mediocrity), unmounted |
| Dimensions: | Other ((Box)): 9 13/16 × 7 7/16 × 1 3/8 inches (24.9 × 18.9 × 3.5 cm) Other (archival box; contains artwork): 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (25.7 x 19.1 x 3.8 cm) Other (archival box; contains empty cardboard box): 10 1/2 x 8 x 1 5/8 inches (26.7 x 20.3 x 4.1 cm) |
| Classification: | Drawings |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mme Marcel Duchamp, 1991 |
| Accession Number: | 1991-133-1 |
| Geography: | Made in Paris, France, Europe |
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