Marcel Duchamp Photography
French, 1887-1968
Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. His output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art. Duchamp advised modern art collectors such as Peggy Guggenheim and other prominent figures, thereby helping to shape the tastes of Western art during this period.
A playful man, Duchamp challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much by writing but through subversive actions such as dubbing a urinal "art" and naming it Fountain. He produced relatively few artworks, while moving quickly through the avant-garde circles of his time.
“All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act,” said Duchamp.
Born on July 28, 1887, in Blainville, brother of the artist Raymond Duchamp-Villon and the painter Jacques Villon, Duchamp began to paint in 1908. After producing several canvases in the current mode of Fauvism, he turned toward experimentation and the avant-garde, producing his most famous work, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) in 1912. Portraying continuous movement through a chain of overlapping Cubistic figures, the painting caused a furor at New York City's famous “Armory Show” in 1913.
Duchamp painted very little after 1915, although he continued until 1923 to work on his masterpiece, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, an abstract work, also known as The Large Glass — composed in oil and wire on glass — that was enthusiastically received by the Surrealists.
In sculpture, Duchamp pioneered two of the main innovations of the 20th-century kinetic art and ready-made art. His "ready-mades" consisted simply of everyday objects, such as a urinal and a bottle rack. His Bicycle Wheel, an early example of kinetic art, was mounted on a kitchen stool.
After his short creative period, Duchamp was content to let others develop the themes he had originated; his pervasive influence was crucial to the development of Surrealism, Dada and Pop art.
Duchamp became an American citizen in 1955. He died in Paris on October 1, 1968.
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(Biography provided by David Barnett Gallery)
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Creator: Marcel Duchamp
Man Ray Le Monde des Echecs Framed Photographic Print of Marcel Duchamp
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
1933 Man Ray — Le Monde des Échecs No. 1 (Halberstadt & Duchamp)
Original Photomontage Print, Framed & Free Worldwide Shipping
This rare photomontage comes from the 1933 “Le Monde des Échecs” series, created by Man Ray in collaboration with Marcel Duchamp. Depicting chess theorist Vitaly Halberstadt and Duchamp himself, the image explores the intersection of art and chess—a recurrent theme in Duchamp’s later conceptual work. This piece was issued by Éditions L'Échiquier to accompany Duchamp and Halberstadt’s manual L'opposition et les cases conjuguées sont réconciliées.
Technical Details
Artist Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky, 1890-1976)
Title Le Monde des Échecs Serie No. 1 — Halberstadt & Duchamp
Date 1933
Medium Offset photogravure on cream laid paper
Publisher Éditions L'Échiquier, Paris
Framed Size 29.5 h × 40 w × 1.3 d cm · 11.6 × 15.7 × 0.5 in
Frame Early 20th-century wood frame (distressed patina)
Condition Very good: subtle toning, minor signs of age consistent with 1930s prints; well preserved behind mat and glass
Provenance Private European collection · COA supplied
Presentation
Mounted under conservation matting and framed in a rustic early 20th-century wood frame. Frame pictured is original to the piece; minor scuffs consistent with age.
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