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Pocket Chess Set

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Description: Pocket Chess Set
TitlePocket Chess Set
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench 
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1943
Object typeToy/Game
MaterialsLeather pocket chessboard, celluloid pieces, and pins in black leather wallet
Dimensionsclosed: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm), open: 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 1/4 in. (16.5 x 22.2 x 0.6 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http:/­/­artgallery.yale.edu/­collections/­objects/­34120
Accession number1953.6.221
SubjectsChess in artGames in artMixed media (Art)
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Catalogue (D–E)
Robert L. Herbert (Editor), Eleanor S. Apter (Editor), Elise K. Kenney (Editor)
Description: The Société Anonyme and the Dreier Bequest at Yale University: A Catalogue...
The Société Anonyme and the Dreier Bequest at Yale University: A Catalogue Raisonné
Marcel Duchamp, cofounder of the Société Anonyme and seminal figure in twentieth century art, was born in Rouen on 28 July 1887 into a family with several children who also made lasting contributions to modern art ...
Author
Robert L. Herbert (Editor), Eleanor S. Apter (Editor), Elise K. Kenney (Editor)
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1984 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.225-269
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00158.016
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16896&redirecttoanchor=16969
Believe Me, Faithfully Yours
Jennifer R. Gross
Description: The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America
The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America
The rich tapestry of the life of the Société Anonyme is woven into the correspondence of Katherine S. Dreier (fig. 2) with the numerous artists, dealers, museum directors, writers, and collectors who formed its ranks. Its woof comprised the lives of the people she and Marcel Duchamp knew, each with a distinct set of values and aesthetics that...
Author
Jennifer R. Gross
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright©2006 Yale University Art Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.123-141
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00159.010
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Chapter subject tags:Artistic collaborationArt patronageArtists' writingsArt--Societies, etcArtists--Social conditions
The Artist Readymade: Marcel Duchamp and the Société Anonyme
David Joselit
Description: The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America
The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America
In 1920 Marcel Duchamp, the president of the Société Anonyme, designed stationery for the new organization. The logo he produced is sometimes called a “laughing ass,” but is, in fact, a chess knight...
Author
David Joselit
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright©2006 Yale University Art Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.33-43
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00159.006
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Chapter subject tags:Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968Art--Economic aspectsArt, ModernArt--PhilosophyLace and lace making--History

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Etant donnés: 1. la chute d'eau; 2. le gaz d'éclairage (Given: 1. The Waterfall; 2. The Illuminating Gas), exterior view
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 12
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1946–1966
Object typeInstallation
MaterialsMixed media assemblage: (exterior) wooden door, iron nails, bricks, and stucco; (interior) bricks, velvet, wood, parchment over an armature of lead, steel, brass, synthetic putties and adhesives, aluminum sheet, welded steel-wire screen, and wood; Peg-Board, hair, oil paint, plastic, steel binder clips, plastic clothespins, twigs, leaves, glass, plywood, brass piano hinge, nails, screws, cotton, collotype prints, acrylic varnish, chalk, graphite, paper, cardboard, tape, pen ink, electric light fixtures, gas lamp (Bec Auer type), foam rubber, cork, electric motor, cookie tin, and linoleum
Dimensions95 1/2 × 70 × 49 in. (242.6 × 177.8 × 124.5 cm)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/65633.html
Accession number1969-41-1
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Description: The Altar of the Handler or Tender of Gravity
The Altar of the Handler or Tender of Gravity
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1947
Object typeOther
MaterialsMixed-media assemblage
The Altar of the Handler or Tender of...
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Description: The Green Ray
The Green Ray
Posted by:John Carlson
May 03
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1947
Object typeOther
MaterialsAssemblage (photograph with gelatin film and electrical light)
LocationFrom Herbert Molderings, Marcel Duchamp, Frankfurt, 1983, p. 85
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Description: To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close To, for...
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1918
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsOil paint, silver leaf, lead wire, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked); on painted wood base
Dimensions20 x 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (51 x 41.2 x 3.7 cm); 1 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (4.8 x 45.3 x 11.4 cm); overalll height 22 in. (58.8 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78993?locale=en
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Description: Network of Stoppages (Réseaux des stoppages)
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsThree threads glued to the three painted canvas strips, each mounted on a glass panel, housed in a wooden box
Dimensions58 5/8 x 66 5/8 in. (148.9 x 169.2 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79600
Accession number390.197
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Description: Société Anonyme stationery
Société Anonyme stationery
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench 
Creator roleDesigner
Object typeGraphic Design
Dimensions27.5 x 21.5 cm
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3524933
Accession number2012066
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Description: To Katherine Dreier, Knight of the Société Anonyme
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Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench 
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
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Object typeLetter
MaterialsGraphite on paper
Dimensions6 x 4 5/16 in. (15.6 x 12 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/50535
Accession number1953.6.43
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Description: Rotoreliefs (Optical Disks), also known as Play Toys
Rotoreliefs (Optical Disks), also known as Play Toys
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench 
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1935
Object typeOther
MaterialsSix disks printed on each side in offset color lithography, in circular holder consisting of two black plastic rings
DimensionsEach disk diam. 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/43827
Accession number1941.447a-f
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