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The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)

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Description: The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)
TitleThe Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1915–1923
Creation date (description)Restored by Duchamp in 1936
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsOil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https:/­/­www.philamuseum.org/­collection/­object/­54149
Accession number1952-98-1
SubjectsFourth dimensionChance in artSex in artWit and humor in art
StatusAt an unknown point in the late 1920s or early 1930s, the piece partially shattered in transit
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13. Conclusion, II: An Overview of Duchamp’s Playful Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Early Works
Linda Dalrymple Henderson
Description: Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works
Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works
~The phrase “continuum of points of magnetization or of repulsion” appears in one of several notes in which Duchamp set up laboratory-like experiments with falling objects meant to explore the effects of chance and...
Author
Linda Dalrymple Henderson
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 1998 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.185-206
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00306.14
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Chapter subject tags:Art and scienceDuchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. Bride stripped bare by her bachelors, evenLeonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519Power (Mechanics)Modernism (Art)Dadaism
Introduction
Linda Dalrymple Henderson
Description: Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works
Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works
~Between 1915 and 1923 the young Frenchman Marcel Duchamp created the major work of his career, La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même, or The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, also known as the Large Glass (pl....
Author
Linda Dalrymple Henderson
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 1998 by Princeton University Press
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00306.1
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Description: Network of Stoppages (Réseaux des stoppages)
Network of Stoppages (Réseaux des stoppages)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsThree threads glued to the three painted canvas strips, each mounted on a glass panel, housed in a wooden box
Dimensions58 5/8 x 66 5/8 in. (148.9 x 169.2 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79600
Accession number390.197
Network of Stoppages (Réseaux des...
Network of Stoppages (Réseaux des stoppages)
Description: To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close To, for...
To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close To, for Almost an Hour
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1918
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsOil paint, silver leaf, lead wire, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked); on painted wood base
Dimensions20 x 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (51 x 41.2 x 3.7 cm); 1 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (4.8 x 45.3 x 11.4 cm); overalll height 22 in. (58.8 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78993?locale=en
Accession number150.1953
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Description: The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (Large Glass)
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (Large Glass)
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1958
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsHand-colored photograph/collage
Dimensions31.1 × 20.6 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/55055
Accession number1981.31
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