Marcel Duchamp and Mimi Parent
La Boîte alerte, 1959-1960
Cardboard letterbox containing: the catalogue of the Exposition internationale du surréalisme (Galerie Daniel Cordier); 9 envelopes, 6 of which are stamped (one containing a black stocking marked "HAUT", another an original decalcomania by Micheline Bounoure, the others a reproduction of a letter, a leaflet, printed sheets and several booklets); a telegram signed "Rrose", addressed to André Breton; 6 postcards; a portfolio of 4 prints by Dali, Svanberg, Miro, Toyen, all numbered; a 45 rpm record (recorded readings of two texts, by Joyce Mansour and Benjamin Péret)
Ed. 197/200
Ed. 197/200
28 x 17 x 6 cm
11 x 6 3/4 x 2 3/8 in
11 x 6 3/4 x 2 3/8 in