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Chocolate Grinder (No. 2)
Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1914Medium:
Oil, graphite, and thread on canvasDimensions:
25 3/4 × 21 3/8 inches (65.4 × 54.3 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Succession Marcel DuchampCuratorial Department:
European Painting
1950-134-70Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1914Medium:
Oil, graphite, and thread on canvasDimensions:
25 3/4 × 21 3/8 inches (65.4 × 54.3 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Succession Marcel DuchampCuratorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 282, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor (d’Harnoncourt Gallery)
Accession Number:1950-134-70Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Label:
After a chance encounter with a chocolate grinder displayed in a confectioner’s window in the French city of Rouen in 1913, Duchamp made the machine the subject of two paintings, adopting a representational style that recalls the precision of an engineering diagram. His rendering flattens the image and conflates the artist’s hand with mechanical reproduction.
After a chance encounter with a chocolate grinder displayed in a confectioner’s window in the French city of Rouen in 1913, Duchamp made the machine the subject of two paintings, adopting a representational style that recalls the precision of an engineering diagram. His rendering flattens the image and conflates the artist’s hand with mechanical reproduction.
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Provenance
Louise Arensberg (1879-1953) and Walter C. Arensberg (1878-1954), Los Angeles, by c. 1918 [1]. 1. Visible in a photo of the Arensbergs' New York apartment taken by Charles Sheeler c. 1918. The Arensbergs moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1921.* 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.