The Essential Duchamp bookcover

The Essential Duchamp

Matthew Affron 

(Author)

Michael R. Taylor 

(Contribution by)

Alexander Kauffman 

(Contribution by)

et al.

John Vick 

(Contribution by)

Cécile Debray 

(Contribution by)

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Description

An engaging and accessible introduction to one of the 20th century's greatest and most enigmatic artists

This richly illustrated publication explores the full career of the hugely influential and endlessly fascinating French-American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). A pioneer whose creative output was predicated on a fundamental questioning of what art is, Duchamp is well known despite remaining mysterious as an artist, owing to his elusive persona and the unconventional nature of his work.

Focusing on the world-renowned Duchamp collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Essential Duchamp tells the artist's story through four key periods. The book begins with his early paintings and engagement with the avant-garde, then charts his abandonment of painting and invention of the readymade. This is followed by the creation of his alter ego Rrose Sélavy and the optical experiments of the interwar years, and, finally, by the making of Étant donnés (1946-66), the project that occupied the artist in the final two decades of his life. Shorter accompanying texts include explanations of key terms Duchamp used for his innovative ideas--readymade, precision optics, pictorial nominalism, and infrathin--as well as interviews and statements by the artist about his own art and ideas.

Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art


Exhibition Schedule:

Tokyo National Museum
(10/02/18-12/09/18)

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
(12/22/18-04/07/19)

Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney
(April-August 2019)

Product Details

PublisherYale University Press
Publish DateJanuary 15, 2019
Pages200
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780300233117
Dimensions9.7 X 7.4 X 0.6 inches | 1.4 pounds

About the Author

Matthew Affron is the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Cécile Debray is director at the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris. Alexander Kauffman is the Andrew W. Mellon-Anne d'Harnoncourt Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Michael R. Taylor is chief curator and deputy director for art and education, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. John Vick is collections project manager, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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