Nine Malic Moulds
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Nine Malic Moulds is a component of Marcel Duchamp’s avant-garde artwork "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even," representing abstracted male figures in a mechanistic, symbolic arrangement.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork component
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pictorial motif ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Les neuf moules mâlics
NERFINISHED
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Nine Malic Molds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrangement | linear sequence ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | early 20th-century avant-garde ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Conceptual art
NERFINISHED
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Dada NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
gender roles
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mechanization of the body ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Marcel Duchamp’s bachelor imagery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | iconographic elements of The Large Glass ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic | brownish silhouettes ⓘ |
| creator | Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1915–1923 ⓘ |
| depicts |
abstracted silhouettes
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mechanistic forms ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Duchamp’s Green Box notes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtisticFunction | structuring the lower register of the composition ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
allegory of frustrated desire
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critique of traditional masculinity ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfElements | 9 ⓘ |
| hasRoleInNarrative | visualizing the nine bachelors ⓘ |
| iconographicLevel | bachelor apparatus ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
industrial design
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machine aesthetics ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | lower panel of The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | right side of the lower glass panel ⓘ |
| materialSupport | glass ⓘ |
| medium | oil and lead wire on glass ⓘ |
| orientation | vertical forms ⓘ |
| partOf | The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionRelativeTo | below the Bride in The Large Glass ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
erotic machinery
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mechanomorphic imagery ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even
NERFINISHED
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The Large Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents |
bachelors
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male figures ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
erotic pursuit of the Bride
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male desire ⓘ |
| usesFormalStrategy |
diagrammatic representation
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transparent layering on glass ⓘ |
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