Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2

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painting

"Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2" is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp that famously combines elements of Cubism and Futurism to depict motion through a fragmented, mechanistic figure in sequential stages of descent.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 canonical	3
Duchamp 1912 nude staircase no.2	1
Nude Descending a Staircase series	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	painting ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod	early 20th century modernism ⓘ
catalogCode	Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Duchamp 1912 nude staircase no.2
collection	Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ
colorPalette	monochromatic brown and ochre tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
depictionType	abstracted human figure ⓘ
depicts	motion ⓘ nude figure descending a staircase ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Armory Show ⓘ
exhibitedInCity	New York City ⓘ
exhibitedInCountry	United States of America ⓘ
exhibitionStartDate	1913 ⓘ
genre	abstract art ⓘ avant-garde art ⓘ
hasInfluenced	American modern art reception ⓘ perception of European avant-garde in the United States ⓘ
hasPart	dynamic diagonal composition ⓘ overlapping figure silhouettes ⓘ stylized staircase forms ⓘ
inception	1912 ⓘ
influencedBy	Eadweard Muybridge ⓘ chronophotography ⓘ Étienne-Jules Marey ⓘ
languageOfWork	French ⓘ
location	Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ
locationCity	Philadelphia ⓘ
locationCountry	United States of America ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Cubism ⓘ Futurism ⓘ
notableFor	controversial reception at the 1913 Armory Show ⓘ depiction of movement through overlapping forms ⓘ fusion of Cubist structure and Futurist dynamism ⓘ
orientation	vertical ⓘ
originalTitle	Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage	French ⓘ
partOfSeries	Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nude Descending a Staircase series
seriesOrdinal	2 ⓘ
significantEvent	rejected by the 1912 Salon des Indépendants Cubist group ⓘ
style	fragmented mechanistic figure ⓘ sequential representation of movement ⓘ
subjectGender	female ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
titleLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marcel Duchamp → notableWork → Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 ⓘ

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 → partOfSeries → Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nude Descending a Staircase series

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 → catalogCode → Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duchamp 1912 nude staircase no.2

Armory Show → notableWorkExhibited → Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 ⓘ

Ema (Nude on a Staircase) → inspiredBy → Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 ⓘ