Rrose Sélavy by Marcel Duchamp

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

Rrose Sélavy by Marcel Duchamp

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1939

Medium

Mary Reynolds binding: full leather binding with leather and board onlays; author and title stamped on front and back covers; decorated endpapers; black ink drawings on pastedowns; original paper covers bound in.

Inscriptions

Inscription on half title page: Chere Mary, Marcel.

Dimensions

17.1 × 12.2 × 1.1 cm (6 3/4 × 4 13/16 × 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.172

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