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 PaintingObject Location:
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 PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
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.