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Steve Linn"Provocateur (Marcel Duchamp)" wall sculpture portrait2013
2013
$31,500
£23,884.93
€27,586.82
CA$44,196.42
A$49,233.83
CHF 25,970.07
MX$596,975.40
NOK 330,376.73
SEK 307,766.84
DKK 206,001.50
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Sandblasted carved glass, cast glass, bronze and wood.
Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, conducting meticulous research on each of his selected subjects and choosing which references to interpret for the piece he then creates. French artist Marcel Duchamp, born in 1887, had two older brothers who became artists. Gaston, a printmaker and painter, and Raymond Duchamp-Villon, a sculptor, along with their grandfather, known for his etchings, influenced Marcel to become an artist. His career began in a normal fashion as a painter starting in 1908. His early paintings were in the classical style of the period but he soon was taken with cubism and his painting “Nude Descending a Staircase” became a classic of that genre. In 1913, he startled the art world with the first of his series of “ready-made” objects as works of art, a bicycle wheel mounted on a high stool. He truly began provoking outcries in the artistic community with his showing of a urinal signed "R. Mutt" at the Armory Show of 1917 in New York.
Linn's portrait of Duchamp was created in 2013 -- the 100th anniversary of that first “ready-made” -- so it is only fitting that Linn used a version of that bicycle wheel to help define the portrait. Engraved on that wheel are two images of Duchamp, one from his Dada period in 1924 when he was photographed by Man Ray dressed as his alter ego, “Rose Sélavy”, and the other his more classic persona, suave and dapper. There are also two cutout self-portraits taken from a work done in lead. To further characterize this curious personality, Linn used as a central element the chocolate grinder from one of his most famous pieces “The Large Glass” or “The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even”, which is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This creation on two panels of glass describes the erotic encounter between the bride and her nine bachelors.
In the early 1920’s Duchamp took up chess as a serious pursuit and he formally “gave up” art in the 1930’s to play the game on an international level, becoming champion of France and vice-champion of Europe. After a period of time, he began to make some art pieces completely in private. Upon his death in 1968, it was revealed that he had been working in total secrecy for almost 20 years on his last great work “Etant Donnés” which translates as “Considering”. It has been said that Marcel Duchamp was the father of the avant-garde and the predecessor of Yves Klein and such contemporary artists as Jeff Koons.
Contact the gallery for information about purchasing, or to inquire about commissioning a custom documentary sculpture portrait!
Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, and indeed, his work rests on the meticulous research he conducts on each of his selected subjects and the interpretation of the references he chooses to develop for each one. Yet his definition would seem to leave out the intensity Linn puts into the materiality of the work. His range of preference is vast and often surprising, using wood, glass, bronze, other metals, and now even holograms to depict the clues he gives the viewer about the work and personality of his subject. He most often combines them all and his mastery of each craft is truly impressive.
The subjects Linn chooses for his multi-faceted portraits are often visual artists and musicians he admires, but also sports legends, workmen, and craftsmen (and women). Each tableau contains one or several views of the face or torso, first painstakingly drawn and then most often carved from plate glass or cast from a ceramic original via the kiln-formed glass technique. Tools and objects we would easily associate with the person if known to us are added in a careful composition, but Linn does not stop there. His Portraits series, begun over 50 years ago, now includes more elaborate installations and invites the viewer more deeply into the influences and relationships -- webs that creative humans weave.
- Creator:Steve Linn
- Creation Year:2013
- Dimensions:Height: 59 in (149.86 cm)Width: 39 in (99.06 cm)Depth: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Glen Ellen, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU71214631692
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