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The Museum of Modern Art announces Marcel Duchamp, the first North American retrospective of the artist’s work in over 50 years, on view in the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Center for Special Exhibitions. The last major retrospective of Marcel Duchamp’s (American, born France. 1887–1968) work was the 1973 survey co-organized by MoMA and the Philadelphia Museum of Art; this exhibition offers 21st-century audiences the first opportunity to view the breadth of the artist’s creative output. The exhibition will present work across six decades of the artist’s multifaceted career, spanning all mediums, including painting, sculpture, film, photography, drawings, and printed matter.
Organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Philadelphia Art Museum, with the generous collaboration of the Centre Pompidou.
The exhibition is organized by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA; Michelle Kuo, Chief Curator at Large and Publisher, MoMA; and Matthew Affron, The Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art, Philadelphia Art Museum; with Alexandra “Lo” Drexelius, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA; Helena Klevorn, Curatorial Assistant, Department of the Chief Curator at Large, MoMA; Danielle Cooke, Exhibition Assistant, Philadelphia Art Museum; and Julia Vázquez, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Philadelphia Art Museum.
The exhibition is made possible by Bank of America.
Leadership support is provided by the Leontine S. and Cornell G. Ebers Endowment Fund, the Lonti Ebers Endowment for Performance, the Xin Zhang and Shiyi Pan Endowment Fund, the Sandra and Tony Tamer Exhibition Fund, Eva and Glenn Dubin, the Eyal and Marilyn Ofer Family Foundation, and The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
Major funding is provided by Jack Shear in honor of Agnes Gund through The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley, and The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
The Bloomberg Connects digital experience is made possible through the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Leadership support for the publication is provided by the Perry and Nancy Lee Bass Publication Endowment Fund, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, and Ryan Zurrer.
Major funding is provided by The Museum of Modern Art’s Research and Scholarly Publications endowment established through the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Edward John Noble Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Perry R. Bass, and the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Challenge Grant Program.
Generous support is provided by the Jo Carole Lauder Publications Endowment Fund of The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
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Images
Marcel Duchamp. Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2), 1912. Oil on canvas, 57 ⅞ x 35 ⅛ inches (147 x 89.2 cm). Philadelphia Art Museum: The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection
Marcel Duchamp. To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour, Buenos Aires 1918. Oil, silver leaf, lead wire, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked), mounted between panes of glass in a standing metal frame, 20 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2″ (51 x 41.2 x 3.7 cm), on painted wood base, 1 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2″ (4.8 x 45.3 x 11.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Marcel Duchamp. L.H.O.O.Q., 1919. Pencil on reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, 7 ¾ x 4 ⅞” (19.7 x 12.4 cm). Private Collection
Marcel Duchamp. Why Not Sneeze, Rose Sélavy?, 1921. Painted metal birdcage, wood, marble cubes, a pair of white glass dishes, thermometer, cuttlebone, 4 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (12.4 x 22.2 x 16.2 cm). Philadelphia Art Museum: The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection
Marcel Duchamp. Box in a Valise (From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy), 1935-41. Leather valise containing miniature replicas, photographs, color reproductions of works by Duchamp, and one “original” drawing [Large Glass, collotype on celluloid, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2″ (19 x 23.5 cm)], 16 x 15 x 4” (40.7 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Marcel Duchamp. Fountain, 1950 (replica of 1917 original). Porcelain urinal, 12 x 15 x 18 inches (30.5 x 38.1 x 45.7 cm). Philadelphia Art Museum: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift (by exchange) of Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris
Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle Wheel, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913). Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool, 51 x 25 x 16 ½” (129.5 x 63.5 x 41.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Marcel Duchamp. Bottlerack, 1961 (replica of 1914 original). Galvanized iron, 23 3/8 x 21 1/4″ (59.4 x 54 cm). Philadelphia Art Museum: Gift of Jacqueline, Paul, and Peter Matisse in memory of their mother, Alexina Duchamp, 1998-4-23