Lot no. 174
By or about Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy. By or about Mathieu Mercier
Cologne - Buchhandlung Walther - 2015
Facsimile of the 1968 G series edition (with a slide containing a water mill) of the Musée portable, containing 81 pieces. With its publisher's printed protective cardboard.
37.5 cm x 37cm x 7.5 cm
Note: A mythical book-object, the original of which was designed between 1935 and 1941 and then published until 1968. The case contained reproductions in 2 or 3 dimensions of Duchamp's emblematic works. Initially, Duchamp did not want
300 copies to be produced in all. In 2015, a new edition of the Musée portable was published, a project supported by the Marcel Duchamp Association and containing 81 pieces, compared with 69 in 1941. The print run was limited to 3,000 copies.
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