Nu descendant un escalier n° 2
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Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp that famously blends Cubist fragmentation with a Futurist sense of motion to depict a figure in dynamic descent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | early 20th century modernism ⓘ |
| basedOn | concept of motion ⓘ |
| catalogCode | Duchamp catalogue raisonné entry (commonly referenced) ⓘ |
| collection | Philadelphia Museum of Art collection ⓘ |
| colorPalette | monochrome brown and ochre tones ⓘ |
| continentOfCurrentLocation | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorBirthCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorBirthPlace | Blainville-Crevon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
figure descending a staircase
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nude figure ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Armory Show
NERFINISHED
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Salon des Indépendants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitionYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| genre | abstract painting ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCreatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Futurist interest in speed and motion
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chronophotography ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a landmark of modern art
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controversial at 1913 Armory Show ⓘ |
| hasSubject | human body in motion ⓘ |
| inception | 1912 ⓘ |
| influenced |
American modern art
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reception of European avant-garde in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Cubism
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Futurism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of Cubist fragmentation and Futurist dynamism
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depiction of movement through overlapping forms ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Nu descendant un escalier series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesOrdinal | 2 ⓘ |
| style |
analytic Cubism-influenced
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geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
Nu descendant un escalier n° 2
NERFINISHED
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Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
fragmentation of form
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sequential representation of movement ⓘ |
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