Passports. France, 1954

File — Box: 1, Folder: 10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Comprised of financial receipts documenting Duchamp's sale and purchase of works of art; official papers, such as identification cards, French and American passports, visas to enter and remain in the United States, and French and American military papers; and vital records pertaining to Duchamp's birth, first marriage, and divorce. Of particular interest is a French military booklet dating from 1905 that Duchamp reproduced on a wine bottle for the 1945 cover of the Marcel Duchamp number of View magazine. A French passport from 1954 includes five loose photographs of Duchamp.

Dates

1954

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Predominantly in English with some material in French.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. David Sylvester's typescript for the article "Bicycle Parts" can only be consulted with permission of the author's estate.