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To Be Looked At

Marcel Duchamp, 1918
To Be Looked At, Marcel Duchamp
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51 cmTo Be Looked At scale comparison41.2 cm
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To Be Looked At ((from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour) is a Dadaist Silver and Glass Decorative Artwork created by Marcel Duchamp in 1918. It lives at the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York. The image is © Estate of Marcel Duchamp / ARS, New York / ADAGP, Paris, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Pyramid. Source

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