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Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2

Marcel Duchamp, 1912
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, Marcel Duchamp
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, zoomed in
147 cmNude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 scale comparison89.2 cm

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 is a Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting created by Marcel Duchamp in 1912. It lives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States. The image is © Estate of Marcel Duchamp / ARS, New York / ADAGP, Paris, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged The Nude in Art. SourceSee Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 in the Kaleidoscope

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