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A black and white print of a glass object in the form of a postcard.

The black and white print shows a round glass object with a tapered end on the left and a hooked end on the right lying on a light-colored surface. A shadow shown beneath the object extends beyond and below the hooked end on the right side.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.204.1
People
Marcel Duchamp, French (Blainville, Normandy, France 1887 - 1968 Neuilly France)
Title
Ampoule Contenant 50 c.c. d'air de Paris/Ampoule containing 50 c.c. air of Paris
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
postcard, print
Date
1937
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342704

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photo offset lithograph
Dimensions
9.2 x 14.1 cm (3 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jack Banning, New York, [Christie's East], sold: to Rick Wester, Dobbs Ferry, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rick Wester and Jennifer Garvin
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.204.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2019 - 05/13/2019

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