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Lot 195
δ Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) and André Breton (1896-1966)Boîte Alerte: Missives LascivesThe multiple, 1959, comprising a collection of letters, catalogues, objects, postcards, and original signed and numbered graphic works (lacking the lithograph by Joan Miró (Mourlot 195)), stamp numbered from the edition of 200 on the underside of the lid, housed within the original green paper covered cardboard box designed to look like a French post-box, overall size 278 x 190 x 70mm (11 x 7 ½ x 2 ¾ in)The present lot contains the following items:The Catalogue for the exhibition.8 Missives lascives by Micheline Bounoure, Alain Joubert, Joyce Mansour, Robert Benayoum, Octavio Paz, André Pieyre, Mimi Parent (a black silk stocking in an envelope with transparent window), and one anonymous.A telegram on pink paper by Marcel Duchamp writing as Rrose Sélavy to André Breton - A vinyl 45 rpm two-sided record with recordings of poems by Joyce Mansour and Benjamin Peret - 6 colour postcards of works by Bellmer, Dali, Gorky, Miro, Svanberg, and Clovis Trouille.3 original signed and numbered lithographs by Adrien Dax, Marie Toyen, Max Walter Svanberg; and an original signed and numbered etching by Jacques Le Marechal.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
