The Box of 1932

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The Box of 1932

1932

Marcel Duchamp (American (born France), 1887–1968)

After becoming a delegate to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) in 1931, Duchamp collaborated with the French chess player and theorist Vitaly Halberstadt on Opposition and Sister Squares Are Reconciled, a book that studied endgame strategies. In this recycled cardboard box, Duchamp assembled the manuscripts, proofs, diagrams, drawings, and notes produced in the process of the book’s publication with other chess-related records.

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Object Details

Title:

The Box of 1932
Manuscript for Opposition and Sister Squares are Reconciled by M. Duchamp & V. Halberstadt

Date:

1932

Artist:

Marcel Duchamp (American (born France), 1887–1968)

Medium:

Commercial cardboard box bearing label Old England, containing typed and handwritten manuscripts, proofs, and diagrams for Opposition and Sister Squares are Reconciled by M. Duchamp & V. Halberstadt (Brussels: L'Echiquier/Edmond Lancel, 1932) and one drawing, The King Checked by the Queen

Dimensions:

Box: 11 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (29.8 x 46.4 x 8.9 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Gift of Marion Boulton Stroud in memory of Mme Alexina Duchamp, 1994

Accession Number:

1994-193-1

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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