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This artwork, Nude Ascending the Staircase: Homage to Marcel Duchamps (a.k.a. “Nu Montant L’Escalier”) by Salvador Dalí, is currently for sale at Robin Rile Fine Art.
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TITLE:
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Nude Ascending the Staircase: Homage to Marcel Duchamps (a.k.a. “Nu Montant L’Escalier”)
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WORK DATE:
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1973
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CATEGORY:
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Sculptures
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MATERIALS:
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Bronze
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EDITION/SET OF:
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2/9
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SIZE:
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h: 55 x w: 32.5 x d: 37.5 cm / h: 21.7 x w: 12.8 x d: 14.8 in
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STYLE:
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Contemporary
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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Prestige-scale Bronze Ed. #2/9
(Fonderia Bonvicini, Verone, Italy)
The concept behind this piece is found in Nu Descendant un escalier, numéro 2, a pre-Dadaist piece presented by Marcel Duchamp in the Dalmau Gallery in Barcelona in 1912 at the “First Cubist exhibition” held in Spain.
Nothing could please Dali more, than to pay tribute to his friend Marcel Duchamp by creating the ironic opposite to the famous divisionist painting; hence this beautiful realistic body – which reminds us in the form of Gala, climbing up the spirals in a marine shell, symbol of universal life and eternity. All together, the piece exudes reflection and eroticism.
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LITERATURE:
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Descharnes, Robert & Nicolas 'Le Dur et le Mou' catalogue, pg. 162-163, Ref #412
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