Marcel Duchamp, "Mental Chessboard" exhibition box, Gallery Ronny van der Velde, 1991, no. 742 of 850 of the deluxe issue, with reproductions of objects and pamphlets, housed within a wooden box, the top and bottom are reproductions of Duchamp's "mental" chess board, with printed signature, in a black cloth slipcase, 15"h x 14.75"w x 2.5"d

Provenance: The Estate of Philip Martin Pearlstein, NYC


Notes/Literature: The contents include a list of the exhibits; a portfolio with faithful reproductions of works by Duchamp, including a copy of H. Vuibert, Les anaglyphes géométriques, Paris, 1912 (with 3-D glasses) and a reproduction of a page from The Blind Man, No. 2 (P.B.T.); a booklet with articles on Duchamp by André Breton and Arturo Schwarz (loosely inserted is a reproduction of "The Large Glass"); an audiocassette of Duchamp speaking

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