Marcel Duchamp Research Collection
The Marcel Duchamp Research Collection contains a variety of material related to Duchamp, his life, work, and legacy. The material was collected from various sources by the staff of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art (formerly the Twentieth Century Art Department), Philadelphia Museum of Art, and compiled as the Marcel Duchamp Research Collection to support the curatorial and scholarly work of Museum staff and outside researchers. The collection includes subject files concerning portraits of Duchamp in various media ("Portraits"); artists whose work refers to or is otherwise influenced or inspired by Duchamp ("Artists Inspired by Duchamp"); and exhibitions, films, seminars, symposia, and other events about or related to Duchamp ("Exhibitions and Events"). The collection also includes copies and originals of Duchamp's correspondence ("Correspondence"); photographs of Duchamp, his works of art, and related subjects ("Photographs"); and published and unpublished writings about Duchamp ("Writings"). The "Kiesler research material" series contains Frederick Kiesler's research notes, interviews, layouts, photographs, and other preparatory material related to his two published articles on Marcel Duchamp, "Design-Correlation" (Architectural Record) and "Les Larves d'Image" (View VI).
- Conditions Governing Access
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The collection is open for research. The "Unpublished Writings" subseries may only be consulted with permission of the Archivist.
- Dates
- 1933-2003, undated
- Extent
- 9 linear feet
- Related Names
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Language of Materials
- French
- Script
- Latin
This series contains published and unpublished scholarly articles related to Marcel Duchamp, his life and works.
- Dates
- 1945-2008
Clippings and photocopies of published scholarly articles related to Marcel Duchamp, his life and works. Also includes a small amount of correspondence with departmental staff and typescripts and manuscripts of articles prior to their publication. Of particular note are several articles published by Anne d'Harnoncourt during her tenure as Curator in the Department of Twentieth Century Art and as Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Dates
- 1945-2008, undated
- Dates
- 1984 May 17
Philadelphia Inquirer. "3 Duchamp works stolen at exposition" [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1984 May 17
- Extent
- 1 page
- Related Names
- Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm)
- Dates
- 1984 Fall
Art Journal, vol. 44, no. 3. "Conventionalism in Henri Poincaré and Marcel Duchamp" by Craig AdCock [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1984 Fall
- Extent
- 10 pages
- Related Names
- Adcock, Craig E.
- Art Journal
- Dates
- 1984 January
Arts Magazine. "Geometrical complication in the art of Marcel Duchamp" by Craig AdCock [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1984 January
- Extent
- 6 pages
- Related Names
- Adcock, Craig E.
- Arts Magazine
- Dates
- 1985 March
Arts Magazine. "Why Marcel Duchamp's old hat still addresses the situation to the nines" by Craig AdCock [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1985 March
- Extent
- 6 pages
- Related Names
- Adcock, Craig E.
- Arts Magazine
- Dates
- 1988
Archives of American Art journal, volume 28, number 3. "Walter Pach and modernism: a sampler from New York, Paris, and Mexico City" by William C. Agee [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1988
- Extent
- 10 pages
- Related Names
- Agee, William C.
- Archives of American Art Journal
- Dates
- 1974
Unidentified publication. "Duchamp Correspondence: Artist's letters found here" by Ronald Yates.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- circa 1974
- Extent
- 1 page
- Related Names
- Yates, Ronald E.
The New Art Examiner, volume 1, number 6. "Duchamp Letters Found" by Jane Allen and Derek Guthrie.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1974 March
- Extent
- 1 page
- Related Names
- Allen, Jane Addams
- Guthrie, Derek A., 1936-
- New Art Examiner
- Dates
- 1962
"On a journey to Philadelphia and consecutive matters," excerpt from "Carl Andre Hollis Frampton 12 Dialogues 1962-1963." Photographs by Hollis Frampton. Edited and Annotated by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh [copy].
- Dates
- 1962
- Extent
- 8 pages
- Related Names
- Andre, Carl, 1935-
- Frampton, Hollis, 1936-1984
- Buchloh, B. H. D.
- NYU Press
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
- Dates
- 1983
Harvard Magazine. "Capturing the green flash" by Roger Archibald [copy]. Includes note from Anne Schuster.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1983 September-October
- Extent
- 3 pages
- Related Names
- Archibald, Roger
- Schuster, Anne
- Harvard Magazine
- Dates
- 1984 March 25
Newsday. "The great (you-call-that-art?) Duchamp" by Robert Atkins [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1984 March 25
- Extent
- 1 page
- Related Names
- Atkins, Robert, 1952-
- Newsday
- Dates
- 1991
Esquire, volume 116, number 3. "I was a naked pawn for art" by Eve Babitz.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1991
- Extent
- 8 pages
- Related Names
- Babitz, Eve
- Esquire, inc.
- Dates
- 1987
The New Criterion. "Alfred Barr Jr., and the Museum of Modern Art: a biographical chronicle of the years 1930-1944" by Margaret Scolari Barr [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1987
- Extent
- 5 pages
- Related Names
- Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987
- The New Criterion
- Dates
- 1978
The New Republic. Review by Calvin Bedient of "Marcel Duchamp: appearance stripped bare" by Octavio Paz.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1978
- Extent
- 3 pages
- Related Names
- Bedient, Calvin
- The New Republic
- Dates
- 1996 November 18
New York Observer. "A pseudo, all in all' a long, happy, peculiar life" by Adam Begley, a review of "Duchamp: a biography" by Calvin Tomkins [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1996 November 18
- Extent
- 2 pages
- Related Names
- Begley, Adam
- New York Observer
- Dates
- 1987 Winter
Canadian Art. "A conversation with Marcel Duchamp," interview by Don Bell. Includes correspondence from Don Bell to Anne d'Harnoncourt, George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1987 Winter
- Extent
- 8 pages
- Related Names
- Bell, Don, 1936-2003
- Bell, Don, 1936-2003
- Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
- Canadian Art
Correspondence from Anne d'Harnoncourt, George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Don Bell.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1988 February 24
- Extent
- 1 page
- Related Names
- d'Harnoncourt, Anne, 1943-2008
- Dates
- 1987
Archives of American Art journal. "An interview with Katharine Kuh" conducted by Avis Berman and edited by William McNaught [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1987
- Extent
- 35 pages
- Related Names
- Berman, Avis
- McNaught, William
- Archives of American Art Journal
- Dates
- 1986
Except from Endgame: Reference and Simulation in Recent Painting and Sculpture. "Painting: the task of mourning" by Yves Alain Bois [copy].
- Conditions Governing Access
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This item is accessible onsite at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. Please contact archives@philamuseum.org to make an appointment.
- Dates
- 1986
- Extent
- 15 pages
- Related Names
- Bois, Yve Alain
- M.I.T. Press
- Dates
- 1961 June
Chess Life, volume XVI, number 6. "Duchamp, art and chess" by Frank R. Brady [copy].
- Dates
- 1961 June
- Extent
- 3 pages
- Related Names
- Brady, Frank, 1934-
- Chess Life
- Dates
- 1968 July