
A l'Infinitif (The White Box)
A l'Infinitif (The White Box) is a meticulously crafted collection of 79 facsimile notes by Marcel Duchamp, reproduced as screenprints on vinyl and mounted on Plexiglas. The work compiles Duchamp's private musings, mathematical notations, and preparatory thoughts, offering an intimate glimpse into the conceptual processes underlying his artistic practice. As a multiple edition object, it challenges traditional notions of originality and authorship, hallmarks of Duchamp's enduring influence on conceptual art.
- Medium
- Screenprint on vinyl mounted on Plexiglas with 79 facsimile notes,
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
October 28, 2013
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Sol LeWitt
American · b. 1928

LeWitt similarly elevated written instructions and conceptual notations to the status of finished artwork, blurring the line between idea and object in ways that directly echo Duchamp's White Box approach to documenting thought processes as art.

Joseph Kosuth
American · b. 1945

Kosuth pursued the same interrogation of authorship, language, and intellectual process as primary artistic material, producing text and document based works that treat philosophical and analytical notation as the artwork itself rather than mere preparation.

Dieter Roth
German · b. 1930

Roth produced artist books, facsimile editions, and compiled personal notebooks as multiples that similarly challenged originality and archival authenticity, sharing Duchamp's interest in transforming private intellectual records into reproducible conceptual objects.
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