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"Tabu Dada: Jean Crotti and Suzanne Duchamp, 1915-1922." November 19, 1983-January 29. 1984, 1981-1984

 Sub-Series

Scope and Content Note

Soon after the breakout of World War I, Jean Crotti emigrated from Paris to New York and there met Suzanne Duchamp, sister of Marcel Duchamp and Crotti's future wife. This exhibition featured 69 examples of the couple's work from their associations with the Dada movement to Crotti's invention of "TABU" in the 1920s. Originally organized by and exhibited at the Kunsthalle Bern and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Mark Rosenthal, Curator of Twentieth-Century Art, installed the travelling exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1983.

Dates

  • 1981-1984

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 62.5 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives Repository

Contact:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
PO Box 7646
Philadelphia PA 19101-7646 United States