Duchampian Salesman Sample Spring Hinge shadow box with 2 15/16" x 4

with 2 15/16" x 4 3/8" visible from the front side

It had been completed just two years earlier

from a famous family of retablo makers in Ayacucho

" A great gift for one’s favorite keen observer of character

3" tall x 2 7/8" in diameter

Duchampian Salesman Sample Spring Hinge shadow box with 2 15/16" x 4I find this c. 1940s 50s salesman sample hinge very very Duchampian a "readymade" for sure, but the fact of it being a hinge making much more so: all about latent potential, tension, and the mechanics of activation, in this case the possibility of literally springing it open or snapping it closed. These are the things it makes me think about anyway! Plus just the word "hinge" and all it connotes. 6 3 8 x 2 5 8 x 1 7 8 d and in good condition, still