Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 [SEP] inception
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (French: "Nu descendant un escalier n° 2") is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp. The work is widely regarded as a Modernist classic and has become one of the most famous of its time. Before its first presentation at the 1912 Salon des Indépendants in Paris it was rejected by the Cubists as being too Futurist. It was then exhibited with the Cubists at Galeries Dalmau's "Exposició d'Art Cubista", in
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External links.
- "Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Multiple exposure photograph of Duchamp walking down a flight of stairs reminiscent of his painting, Eliot Elisofon, "Life" magazine, 1952
- Video Interview with Francis M. Naumann Fine Art on "Nude Descending A Staircase" at The Armory's Centennial Edition.