Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs
- Artist/Author/Producer: Marcel Duchamp
- Confronting
Bodies: ?
- Dates of action: 1912
- Location:
Paris, France
- Description of the Art Work
- Nude descending staircase
- Description of incident
- Duchamp removed this painting from an exhibition after
complaints from.....? (the gallery? patrons?)
Supposedly he took it down and took it home in a taxi.
It was listed in the catalogue but not shown.
People were offended, this was shocking stuff.
- Results of incident
- People didn't get to see the painting.
Source: M. Ciceri (Kingston, ON, Canada)
record no: s43
