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Richard Hamilton & Marcel Duchamp — Oculist witnesses

Oculist witnesses

A collaboration between two pioneering figures of conceptual and pop art, *Oculist Witnesses* merges Hamilton's mastery of screenprinting with Duchamp's iconic imagery drawn from *The Large Glass*. The work layers translucent printed forms over a reflective silver mirror encased in laminated glass, creating an optical interplay between image, reflection, and the viewer's own presence. Mounted on an aluminum plinth, the piece embodies both artists' enduring fascination with perception, mechanical reproduction, and the boundary between art object and viewer.

Medium
Screenprint and silver mirror in laminated glass with aluminum plinth.

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April 24, 2018

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Richard Hamilton & Marcel Duchamp, Oculist witnesses

A collaboration between two pioneering figures of conceptual and pop art, *Oculist Witnesses* merges Hamilton's mastery of screenprinting with Duchamp's iconic imagery drawn from *The Large Glass*. The work layers translucent printed forms over a reflective silver mirror encased in laminated glass, creating an optical interplay between image, reflection, and the viewer's own presence. Mounted on an aluminum plinth, the piece embodies both artists' enduring fascination with perception, mechanical reproduction, and the boundary between art object and viewer.

Medium
Screenprint and silver mirror in laminated glass with aluminum plinth.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Canonical Masters, Metallic Silver Tones, Portrait Format, 20th Century, Dadaism, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Male Artists, Cool And Cerebral, Screenprint, Geometric Abstraction, British American Artists, Optical Illusion, Reflective Silver, Cool Detached Mood

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