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Marcel Duchamp: Write Me Often, Just a Line or Two

Marcel Duchamp: Write Me Often, Just a Line or Two

FromRecording Artists


Marcel Duchamp: Write Me Often, Just a Line or Two

FromRecording Artists

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Sep 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It’s July 1942, and the artist Marcel Duchamp has recently arrived in New York City after fleeing the Nazis in Vichy France. As he settles in, he writes to his longtime friend and fellow artist Man Ray, who is living in California. In this casual letter, Duchamp asks Man Ray for help. He needs buyers … Continue reading "Marcel Duchamp: Write Me Often, Just a Line or Two"
Released:
Sep 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (14)

What was it like to be a woman making art as the feminist and civil rights movements were transforming American society? In this first season of Recording Artists, a new podcast from the Getty, we’ll use archival interviews to explore the lives of six women artists—Alice Neel, Lee Krasner, Betye Saar, Helen Frankenthaler, Yoko Ono, and Eva Hesse. Host Helen Molesworth also speaks with contemporary artists and art historians to make sense of what it meant—and still means—to be a woman and an artist.