![]() The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania. Repeating The Large Glass's theme of frustrated desire, Duchamp placed the physical barrier of the wooden door between the viewer and the recumbent figure to ensure that such a scene could take place only in the mind of the beholder.įrom The Large Glass and Related Works, with Nine Etchings by Marcel Duchamp This depiction of intimacy between a female nude and a male suitor creates an alternative, never-to-be-realized scenario for Duchamp's sculpture-construction. ![]() In one instance, the faceless mannequin holding aloft the Bec Auer lamp in Étant donnés is shown with a dark-haired male figure, his hands clasped behind his head (FIG. The prints frequently make reference to his final work and its shared affinities with the sexual iconography and meaning of The Large Glass. Traces of the secret Étant donnés project also can be found in Duchamp's 1968 portfolio of erotic etchings based on amorous scenes from the art of the past. (Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Aug. ![]() ![]() Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés, Philadelphia Museum of Art & Yale University Press, 2009, pp. The Genesis, Construction, Installation, and Legacy of a Secret Masterwork ![]()
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