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Hi Kathy. We happen to have found it in Marc Dachy's The Revolt of Art but I'm afraid that won't be very helpful to you as the instructions posted online on the tumblr state: "visit museums bookstores and libraries and secretly place letter and postcard together in pages of books where images of Fontaine are featured." It could turn up in any book that includes this work. If anyone else finds one, I'd love to hear about it. Best, Jessica Jessica Evans Brady, she/her/hers Research & Collections Librarian Fine Arts Library, Harvard University [log in to unmask] 617-496-1503 1805 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Fine Arts Library, 104B HARVARD LIBRARY Champions of Curiosity library.harvard.edu ________________________________ From: Kathy Edwards <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 9:12 PM To: Evans Brady, Jessica M <[log in to unmask]> Cc: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Who is R.Mutt? letter found in book You found this letter in WHICH book? That’s important, and helpful… On May 20, 2022, at 3:19 PM, Evans Brady, Jessica M <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hello all. We came across an interesting find in a book the other day and are wondering if anyone else has found the same in their library. It is a printed facsimile of a letter from Duchamp to his sister, one which casts doubt on the authorship of the Fountain, placed into a book on Dada next to an image of the Fountain. The letter has a small card attached to it directing the reader to www.whoisrmutt.com. The website is no longer up but can be seen on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233703/http://whoisrmutt.com/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__web.archive.org_web_20150404233703_http-3A__whoisrmutt.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ld506HGnSqYEKWy-_CB2df8zVh7OWke_EkJBnCqRgjc&m=AEd1gnQrxjBb8ejQplmtsbFnOOtfJPUDMjQHG-1EVUiE3jfHpEGcBVLQEDnyA0yG&s=N3AiT0D1EWpc9IfnkH8PeDfkKpHIAk3vy_GrHq_lIAo&e=> The associated tumblr page is still up and shows that there was a coordinated action in 2015 to place copies of these letters in books in various libraries and bookstores: https://whoisrmutt.tumblr.com/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__whoisrmutt.tumblr.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ld506HGnSqYEKWy-_CB2df8zVh7OWke_EkJBnCqRgjc&m=AEd1gnQrxjBb8ejQplmtsbFnOOtfJPUDMjQHG-1EVUiE3jfHpEGcBVLQEDnyA0yG&s=jX3_QEwzaooIBVeFOoEoMGBIJHzONrXSpHzZkPXYVn0&e=> The locations listed are in Boston and NYC but there may have been more (we are not listed so I suspect it was never updated). Have any of you found this letter in your own stacks? And if you have, what did you decide to do with it? Best wishes, Jessica Jessica Evans Brady, she/her/hers Research & Collections Librarian Fine Arts Library, Harvard University [log in to unmask] 617-496-1503 1805 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Fine Arts Library, 104B HARVARD LIBRARY Champions of Curiosity library.harvard.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.arlisna.org_membership_join-2Darlisna&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ld506HGnSqYEKWy-_CB2df8zVh7OWke_EkJBnCqRgjc&m=AEd1gnQrxjBb8ejQplmtsbFnOOtfJPUDMjQHG-1EVUiE3jfHpEGcBVLQEDnyA0yG&s=LvsvDrr0PXa-M9yw4xjwC4Ldv2OrNlFdCkRn605CX5Y&e=> Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lsv.arlisna.org&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ld506HGnSqYEKWy-_CB2df8zVh7OWke_EkJBnCqRgjc&m=AEd1gnQrxjBb8ejQplmtsbFnOOtfJPUDMjQHG-1EVUiE3jfHpEGcBVLQEDnyA0yG&s=5OOmsEKVZeiysuexiKqW05o659JfSBuZ-JFHDxK2c4A&e=> Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~