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Alexina and Marcel Duchamp Papers
Collection Summary

Information for Researchers

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Content Note
Series Outline

I. Personal records

II. Lectures

III. Interviews

IV. Writings about Duchamp

V. Correspondence

VI. Miscellany

VII. Ephemera

VIII. Clippings

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IX. Library material

A. Catalogs

B. Monographs

C. Periodicals

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X. Photographs

A. Works of art

B. Negatives and transparencies

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C. Portraits and snapshots

1. Marcel Duchamp

2. Marcel Duchamp with works of art

3. Marcel Duchamp with others

4. Family and friends

5. Places

D. Exhibitions and events

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E. Chess

1. Marcel Duchamp

2. Marcel Duchamp with others

3. Family and friends

4. Group

XI. Original housing

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XII. Studies and preparatory material

A. Box and Box in a Valise

B. Graphic design projects

C. Readymades


Alexina and Marcel Duchamp Papers : V. Correspondence

Series V. Correspondence

Date:
1946-1967, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

A small number of incoming letters, the majority of which are in French, from André Breton, Jean Brun, Walter Arensberg, Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, and others. Topics include the acquisition and conservation of Duchamp's work by Arensberg, the conferral of an honorary degree upon Duchamp by Wayne State University, and Mary Reynolds.

Arrangement

Alphabetical by correspondent.

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