Marcel Duchamp scrapbooks
name: label: Creator
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Dadaism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Mrs. Marcel Duchamp placed the scrapbooks on deposit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, although she still retained ownership. The Philadelphia Museum of Art no longer has the original, but only a copy made from AAA microfilm. Family member, Jacqueline Matisse Monnier, Duchamp family member, retains the original.
creator: label: Creator
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and sculptor. Born in France, Duchamp exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913 and came to the U.S. in 1915, staying with art patrons Walter and Louise Arensburg. During the First World War, he worked with the Dada group in New York. Duchamp became a U.S. citizen in 1955.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Volumes ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.duchmarc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3117 available for use at Archives of American Art offices only.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Some of the printed materials are photocopies.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbooks compiled by Mrs. Marcel Duchamp containing: ca. 15 letters and telegrams to Marcel Duchamp, 1947-1967; poems sent to Duchamp from admirers; an essay on Duchamp by Guy Beatrice, 1954; transcript of an address given by Duchamp to the New York State Chess Association, 1952; an annotated transcript of a press conference interview at Knoedlers, 1967; printed material on Duchamp and others, including exhibition catalogues, announcements, invitations (some annotated by Duchamp), obituaries, and magazine articles; awards and an honorary degree; and miscellany, including a hairnet sent from Ray Johnson, a few photographs of his works, a poster, and airline tickets.