"Low voltage prototype: photographed every 30 minutes exactly..." [Sculpture? w/cascading image of Marcel Duchamp? In background] Contact sheet by Paul [Matisse]. Note on verso, autographed, 1972

File — Box: 16, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

"Objects and artists" consists primarily of images of d'Harnoncourt standing alongside a work of art in PMA's collection. There are a few photographs of artists and works of art in situ. Of note is the contact sheet identified by a note on its verso as "Low voltage prototype." The cascading image in each frame appears to be Marcel Duchamp--perhaps an allusion to his "Nude descending a staircase." If so, it is likely that "Paul," who autographed the work, is Paul Matisse, the artist's stepson with whom d'Harnoncourt worked during PMA's 1969 installation of Duchamp's "Étant donnés" assemblage.

Dates

1972

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