Discover Marcel Duchamp at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
See 300+ unique works by Marcel Duchamp, including the permanently installed masterpiece “Étant donnés”, exclusively at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Duchamp's practice was one of continuous self-reinvention, impossible to categorize under any label.
In 1912, the artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) began to question his occupation. He decided at the age of twenty-five to abandon the craft of oil painting. He also strove to make himself aloof from the art world to work as he pleased. Duchamp went on to become one of the most innovative and original figures in the history of modern art. Across six decades, he was associated with Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism.
The first major U.S. retrospective dedicated to Marcel Duchamp in more than 50 years, this exhibition will explore the range and arc of this artist’s illustrious career. Marcel Duchamp will feature a chronological display of more than 300 works of painting, sculpture, film, photography, printed matter, exhibition design, and the unclassifiable works known as readymades. It will present Duchamp's most renowned creations, including the provocative "Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)" (1912); his magnum opus, "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" (1915-23); the iconoclastic "Fountain" (1917) and "L.H.O.O.Q." (1919); "Box in a Valise" (1935-41), the artist’s portable museum of his own creations in miniature; and "Étant donnés" (1946-66), Duchamp’s final major work in which he reflected upon his lifelong artistic obsessions.
Plan your visit today and discover Marcel Duchamp at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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