Modern and Contemporary Art Chocolate Grinder (No. 1) 1913 Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968 Oil on canvas * Gallery 181, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor 1950-134-69 The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950 |
LabelThis work was inspired by a chocolate grinding machine that Marcel Duchamp saw in the window of a confectioner's shop in Rouen, France. The artist rendered the machine in a dry and impersonal painting style, akin to the precise mechanical drawing found in architectural plans. Duchamp was fascinated with the rotating drums of the chocolate grinder, which had a sexual connotation for him, and the machine would reappear several times in his work, most notably in the lower section of The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) of 1915-23.Social Tags [?]1913 [x] dada [x] fsnmssa [x] marcel duchamp [x] modern [x] nhd 1900 to 1929 tools [x] [Add Your Own Tags]* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
