Philadelphia Museum of Art
Marcel Duchamp
Portrait of Marcel Lefrançois
1904
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Marcel Duchamp
Portrait of Marcel Lefrançois
1904
Oil on canvas
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
1950-134-80
Artist/maker
Marcel Duchamp
INFORMATIONS
Duchamp regarded this portrait as an attempt to move beyond his earlier interest in the work of Claude Monet and Impressionism: "This portrait of a young friend of mine was already a reaction against the Impressionist influence. In this painting I wanted to try out a technique of the Renaissance painters consisting in painting first a very precise black and white oil and then, after it was thoroughly dry, adding thin layers of transparent colors. This technique of precision was deliberately in contrast with my first attempts at oil painting and it helped me to keep my freedom of development instead of sticking to one formula."

Dimensions

25 5/8 x 23 15/16 inches (65.1 x 60.8 cm)

Type de document

Emplacement

Made in France
CRÉDITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES ET DROITS
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Association Marcel Duchamp

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ID du système source

51644