Bicycle Wheel (1951, third version, after lost original of 1913)
Marcel Duchamp
Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool
129.5 x 63.5 x 41.9 cm
Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York
“I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.” — Marcel Duchamp ∆ ¶
∆ Further reading: Fifty years on, Joan Bakewell remembers speaking to the pioneering artist for the BBC, shortly before his death (The Art Newspaper, June 8, 2018)
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