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Box 16

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Contains 1 Result:

"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
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...
Dates: 1972