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Marcel Duchamp & Jacques Villon — Mariee (Bride)

Mariee (Bride)

A luminous exploration of mechanized femininity, this color aquatint by Marcel Duchamp and Jacques Villon translates Duchamp's iconic conceptual imagery into a richly layered printmaking medium. The composition abstracts the female form into fragmented, biomorphic machinery, rendered in delicate tonal washes that blur the boundaries between the organic and the mechanical. Printed on Arches paper with full margins, the work exemplifies the collaborative synthesis of Duchamp's radical vision with Villon's masterful technical command of color aquatint.

Medium
Aquatint in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins,

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April 25, 2016

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Marcel Duchamp & Jacques Villon, Mariee (Bride)

A luminous exploration of mechanized femininity, this color aquatint by Marcel Duchamp and Jacques Villon translates Duchamp's iconic conceptual imagery into a richly layered printmaking medium. The composition abstracts the female form into fragmented, biomorphic machinery, rendered in delicate tonal washes that blur the boundaries between the organic and the mechanical. Printed on Arches paper with full margins, the work exemplifies the collaborative synthesis of Duchamp's radical vision with Villon's masterful technical command of color aquatint.

Medium
Aquatint in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dadaism, Cubism, Color Printmaking, Avant-Garde, Male Artists, Early Twentieth Century, Modern Art, French Artists, Figurative, Aquatint

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Art Institute of Chicago