Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage

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Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage is a late, enigmatic installation artwork by Marcel Duchamp featuring a voyeuristic tableau viewed through peepholes in a wooden door.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf installation artwork
tableau
artHistoricalSignificance important work in 20th-century installation art
key work in Marcel Duchamp's oeuvre
artist Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED
chronology late work by Marcel Duchamp
completionStatus completed late in Marcel Duchamp's life
countryOfOrigin France
creator Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED
describedAs enigmatic
displayMode viewed one person at a time
feature gas lamp representation
landscape backdrop
life-size nude female figure
peepholes in a wooden door
waterfall representation
genre conceptual art
inEnglish Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas
interpretation often discussed in relation to the male gaze
often interpreted as a meditation on desire and looking
medium electric light
found objects
glass
metal
mixed media
wood
movement Dada NERFINISHED
Surrealism
notableFor complex construction hidden behind a rustic door
secretive production and posthumous revelation
relationToArtist considered Duchamp's final major artwork
subjectMatter artificial landscape with waterfall and gas lamp
reclining nude seen from behind
theme eroticism
mystery
voyeurism
titleLanguage French
viewingMethod through a wooden door
through peepholes
workType environmental artwork
peepshow-like construction

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