Marcel Duchamp. Chess Board Box

Antwerp, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, 1991. Deluxe edition of the catalogue for the Marcel Duchamp exhibition, featuring a collection of loose objects in a wooden box, 37 x 37 x 6 cm, the top and bottom bearing reproductions of Duchamp's 'mental' Chess Board. Housed in a black paper slipcase. Published in a limited edition of 850, this one numbered 571.

The box is complete with the following items: (1) List of contents, (2) Portfolio with reproductions of works by Duchamp, including a copy of H. Vuibert 'Les Anaglyphes geometriques' (with 3D glasses) and a reproduction of a page from The Blind Man No.2, (3) Book with articles on Duchamp by André Breton and Arturo Schwarz (with inserted reproduction of Le Grand Verre), (4) Audiocassette featuring an interview and reading by Duchamp, with a miniature silicon reproduction of 'Priere a Toucher' mounted on the cassette case, (5) Giant leporello exhibition list cum catalogue and (6) Postcard portraying Marcel Duchamp at the Age of Eighty-Five. The multiple is in very good condition, with minor abrasions on the upper corners of the wooden checkerboard cover plate (due to sliding). The silicon breast (Priere a Toucher) has been leaking, a common issue with this multiple and has caused a faint stain on the bellyband of the leporello catalogue. Provenance: collection K. Schippers. (total 1)