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In the 'Nude Descending a Staircase,' I wanted to create a static image of movement: movement is an abstraction, a deduction articulated within the painting, without our knowing if a real person is or isn't descending an equally real staircase.
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Born: Jul 28, 1887
Died: Oct 2, 1968

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Painting, Our, Static, Abstraction, Knowing, Equally, Within, Without, Real, Articulated, Person, Real Person, Movement, Wanted, Staircase, Create, Deduction, Descending, Image

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