
Piet Mondrian
Composition No. 1 with Grey and Red 1938 / Composition with Red 1939
1938–39
On view
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Marcel Duchamp
1941
This is No. 1 of a ‘de luxe’ edition of a travelling case (by Louis Vuitton) assembling 69 reproductions of Duchamp’s own work. This edition has one ‘original’ and a dedication to Peggy Guggenheim, who assisted Duchamp financially in its production. It includes a miniature of the celebrated upturned urinal, Fountain of 1917, and a reproduction of a ‘corrected ready-made’ of 1919—Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, hirsute and inscribed ‘L.H.O.O.Q.’ These letters, when pronounced in French, make the phrase ‘Elle a chaud au cul’, which was decorously translated by Duchamp as ‘there is fire down below’.
Artist | Marcel Duchamp |
Original Title | Boîte-en-valise |
Date | 1941 |
Medium | Leather valise containing miniature replicas and color reproductions of works by Duchamp, and one photograph with graphite, watercolor, and ink additions |
Dimensions | 40.7 x 37.2 x 10.1 cm |
Credit line | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York) |
Accession | 76.2553 PG 10 |
Collection | Peggy Guggenheim Collection |
Type | Mixed media |
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Piet Mondrian
1938–39
On view
Marcel Duchamp
1911–12
On view
Max Ernst
1927
On view
Georges Braque
1912
On view