NCAR × Tama Art University Art Archives Center Joint Research Project
"Archiving the Production Process of the Tokyo Version (1980)" Project Report
Photo | The 2024 Symposium (Photo: Mori Yuma)
Since 2023, the National Center for Art Research (NCAR) and the Tama Art University Art Archives Center (AAC) have been collaborating on a three-year joint project centered on Marcel Duchamp’s seminal work The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (commonly known as The Large Glass; 1915–23, Philadelphia Museum of Art) and one of its replicas, the Tokyo version (1980, Komaba Museum, the University of Tokyo). The project also examines the preparatory studies for the Tokyo version held by Tama Art University, aiming to develop an archive and promote its use for educational purposes.
We are pleased to announce that our activities through this project have been published as a project report.
Please download the report from here.
About the Project
The project report presents the trajectory of our research activities on The Large Glass and its replicas carried out from fiscal year 2023 to 2024.
Through a workshop, a special lecture, and an international symposium—bringing together researchers and curators from around the world—the project created valuable opportunities to examine diverse aspects of The Large Glass from the perspective of its replicas, while fostering discussion on the preservation and use of replica archives.
The joint research project with AAC also enabled us to establish a framework for archiving materials related to the preparatory studies for The Large Glass and for developing them as educational resources.
Contents
Contents
10 Project Outline
13 FY2023–24 Project Timeline
14 On the Names of the Elements of The Large Glass
Visual Resource and Documentation
73 The Large Glass Tokyo Version Preparatory Study
74 The Large Glass and Its Replicas and an Ephemeral Copy
76 Photo Documentation of the Project FY2023
78 Photo Documentation of the Project FY2024
FY2023
83 Komaba Museum, The University of Tokyo, Special Lecture, The Large Glass
84 The Art of the Duchamp Family by Matsui Hiromi
87 Refabricating Marcel Duchamp’s The Large Glass in Tokyo by Kajiya Kenji
92 Why Are There Multiple Replicas of Duchamp’s Large Glass? by Matthew Affron
94 Talk Session
97 Workshop: Limited disclosure of the Large Glass Tokyo Version materials—Working toward archive
status for the preparatory study and related materials
98 The 3rd AAC Collection Exhibition: Anzai Shigeo Photo Archive / Takiguchi Shuzo Library / Tono Yoshiaki Materials: In the making of the Large Glass Tokyo Version! Takiguchi Shuzo, Tono Yoshiaki, Anzai Shigeo, and Students
FY2024
103 NCAR Symposium 004 + The 7th Tama Art University Art Archives Center Symposium: Replicas and more: Marcel Duchamp The Large Glass—Stockholm, London, Tokyo, and Paris
104 Opening Address by Aoyagi Masanori
105 Opening Address by Kataoka Mami
106 Marcel Duchamp and Moderna Museet—The Stockholm Versions by Anna Tellgren
110 Recapitulation of intention: Richard Hamilton’s Marcel Duchamp’s The Large Glass by Natalia Sidlina
114 The Large Glass Tokyo Version (1980): Archives by Mitsuda Yuri
119 About the To Be Broken ephemeral copy of Le Grand Verre (The Large Glass) by Pascal Goblot
122 The Large Glass in the Collection of the Komaba Museum—The Holder’s Perspective by Orimo Katsuya
125 The Large GlassTokyo Version 1979–1980 by Arifuku Kazuaki
127 Discussion: Replicas and more: Marcel Duchamp The Large Glass―Stockholm, London, Tokyo, and Paris
130 Closing Address by Naito Hiroshi
132 The 6th AAC Collection Exhibition: The Large Glass Tokyo Version Glass Studies Archives
135 Special Exhibition: Pascal Goblot: Through the Large Glasses and The Bachelors’ Attempt to Dress the Bride, in Vain