Friday, June 3, 2011

Graceful Enigmas



Marcel Duchamp
Wedge of Chastity 1954, cast 1963
Tate. Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2002
Bronze and plastic




Feuille de vigne femelle (Female Fig Leaf)
1961 cast of 1950 copper-electroplated plaster original
Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968
Bronze
3.5 x 5.75 x 5 inches (8.9 x 14.6 x 12.7 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Appreciations on Duchamp, Man Ray and Picabia by Jacqueline Matisse Monnier, TJ Demos, George Baker and Kim Knowles.