Box 15

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Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to George Heard Hamilton.

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Copies and originals of correspondence to and from Marcel Duchamp and related correspondents.

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Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Lawrence D. Steefel.

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Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Lawrence D. Steefel.

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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.

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The Times Literary Supplement. "The comedian and his concepts" by Peter Conrad. A review of "Marcel Duchamp: eros c'est la vie" by Alice Golfarb Marquis.

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, audiotapes, and photographs documenting exhibitions, symposia, films, lectures, and other events related to Marcel Duchamp. Of particular interest is an audio recording of Marcel Duchamp delivering his autobiographical slide lecture "A propos of Myself" at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1963. Also includes audiotapes of the "Marcel Duchamp and the Readymade: From Origin to Consequence" session of the College Art Association's 84th Annual...

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Ephemera, photographs, clippings, and other material documenting the life and work of artists who respond, refer or otherwise reference Duchamp and his art in their own work. Of particular note are two player piano scrolls of Duchamp's "Erratum Musical," one played by Petr Kotik and the S.E.M. Ensemble and the other by Martin Kalve. Also noteworthy are the several collaged works of mail art sent to the museum by correspondence artist Ray Johnson.