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Exhibition

Marcel Duchamp

Videos by, about and with Marcel Duchamp

Waterslide, Wildwood, N.J, 1981 Jack Carnell (American, born 1952) Chromogenic print 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the Alice Newton Osborn Fund and with funds contributed by John and Jane Medveckis, 1985

When

Aug 15, 1994Sep 15, 1994

Tickets

Program:

A Conversation with Marchel Duchamp (1956), 26 minutes
James Johnson Sweeney interviews Duchamp at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1955, the year after his works came to the Museum. Entr'Acte (1924), 15 minutes
In this classic Dada film written by the artist Francis Picabia, inanimate objects start to have a will of their own. The cast includes Picabia, Duchamp, Man Ray, and the composer Erik Satie. Marcel Duchamp in His Own Words (1978), 34 minutes
A review of Duchamp's life and work, with the artist's voice providing the film's narration. Anemic Cinema (1926), 3 minutes
This film by Duchamp, his only one, is a series of verbal and visual puns based upon his "Rotorelief" works.

Marcel Duchamp | Philadelphia Museum of Art