Cemetery of Uniforms and Liveries, No. 2 (Cimitière des uniformes et livrées No. 2) [also known as The Bachelors and Nine Malic Moulds]

Marcel Duchamp, cofounder of the Société Anonyme and seminal figure in twentieth century art, was born in Rouen on 28 July 1887 into a family with several children who also made lasting contributions to modern art ...

The rich tapestry of the life of the Société Anonyme is woven into the correspondence of Katherine S. Dreier (fig. 2) with the numerous artists, dealers, museum directors, writers, and collectors who formed its ranks. Its woof comprised the lives of the people she and Marcel Duchamp knew, each with a distinct set of values and aesthetics that...