Extensive monograph documenting Marcel Duchamp's "Boîtes-en-valise." "This book documents Duchamp's box-miniature museum, dolls' house, stormy-weather pack, catalogue of works and first-aid kit all rolled into one- item by item, in full-page colour illustrations. For the first time, this legendary masterpiece can be seen by a wide public...Bonk has spent years meticulously researching the genesis of the Boîte...most of it published here for the first time..." -- From book's end-flap. The author, Ecke Bonk, is a typographer and artist who studied in Vienna, Lausanne, and Rhode Island. Translated by David Britt. Contains extensive biography, bibliography and complete documentation of the production and edition of the various variations of the series.