His work «Repository» (1961), a wall cabinet
containing a pocket watch, a thermometer, rubber balls, toothbrushes and other objects, was included in «The Art of Assemblage,» the famous 1961 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and the museum later bought it.
A meticulous fellow, de Troeye took his time filling the gold cigarette case he kept in the breast
pocket of his tuxedo, and distributing among the other
pockets some of the things he would need that evening: a gold fob
watch, a cigarette lighter, two carefully folded white handkerchiefs, a pillbox for antacids, a crocodile - skin wallet
containing calling cards, and a few low - denomination notes for tips.