Thursday, October 29, 2015

Nude Descending a Staircase



There are more than a few "naked selves" to be found in Duchamp's too-Futurist-for-the Cubists Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912). For the prudes, what better way to obscure nudity than to paint it in motion? For those interested in X. J. Kennedy's ekphrastic treatment, click here.

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