{"id":4694,"date":"2025-02-27T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/?p=4694"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:06:59","slug":"in-focus-marcel-duchamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/in-focus-marcel-duchamp","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Marcel Duchamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d28bbe804ae&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d28bbe804ae\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1693\" height=\"1147\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/494d7088-a9d9-f074-e46c-df4f402a94d9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4696\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>L.A. Louver\u2019s connection to Marcel Duchamp began at the gallery\u2019s inception. While teaching at UCLA in the early 1970s, Founding Director Peter Goulds was so inspired by Duchamp\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Fresh Widow<\/em>&nbsp;(1920)\u2014a pun-infused sculpture of a window with leather panes\u2014that he created an artwork in its image. Goulds substituted the leather with mirrored panes, creating a louvered window in the manner of his university apartment. Whereas Duchamp\u2019s sculpture was inscribed with \"Fresh Widow, 1920, Rose S\u00e9lavy,\" Goulds\u2019 work read \"La Louver, 1976, Eros it is the mirror.\" This adaptation of Duchamp\u2019s title became the gallery\u2019s namesake and guiding light. Over the past 50 years, Marcel Duchamp\u2019s works have been featured in various exhibitions at L.A. Louver, most notably in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lalouver.com\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=1204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>A Marcel Duchamp Collection<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(2016), which showcased an expansive archival collection amassed by Duchamp scholar Francis M. Naumann over the course of 40 years that was subsequently acquired by M+, Hong Kong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years&nbsp;<\/em>presents three works by Duchamp: a 1934 print of the artist's&nbsp;<em>La Mari\u00e9e (The Bride)<\/em>, a stamped pochoir colored collotype of the iconic&nbsp;<em>Nude Descending a Staircase<\/em>&nbsp;(1937), and an etching of&nbsp;<em>The Chess Players&nbsp;<\/em>(1966). Also displayed&nbsp;is&nbsp;an archival vitrine of select materials from&nbsp;<em>The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even (The Green Box)&nbsp;<\/em>(1934) (edition 300)<em>&nbsp;<\/em>- consisting of 94 photos, drawings, studies &amp; manuscript in total - and a portrait of Marcel Duchamp by Irving Penn. The inclusion of these&nbsp;artworks and expanded materials pay homage to&nbsp;the spirit of&nbsp;multidisciplinary creativity that has led the gallery over the last 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d28bbe80e04&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d28bbe80e04\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1693\" height=\"1147\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f01c3677-21d7-692d-d27c-529f8f6559db.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f01c3677-21d7-692d-d27c-529f8f6559db.jpg 1693w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f01c3677-21d7-692d-d27c-529f8f6559db-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f01c3677-21d7-692d-d27c-529f8f6559db-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f01c3677-21d7-692d-d27c-529f8f6559db-1536x1041.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1693px) 100vw, 1693px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marcel Duchamp<br><em>La Mari\u00e9e<\/em>, 1934<br>aquatint on Arches paper<br>19 1\/4 x 12 1\/8 in. (48.9 x 30.8 cm)<br>Edition proof of edition of 200<br>Signed by Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d28bbe815d0&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d28bbe815d0\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1693\" height=\"1147\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20dd3f02-4f4e-b00f-b3fd-1f33254e60f4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20dd3f02-4f4e-b00f-b3fd-1f33254e60f4.jpg 1693w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20dd3f02-4f4e-b00f-b3fd-1f33254e60f4-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20dd3f02-4f4e-b00f-b3fd-1f33254e60f4-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20dd3f02-4f4e-b00f-b3fd-1f33254e60f4-1536x1041.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1693px) 100vw, 1693px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marcel Duchamp<br><em>Nude Descending a Staircase<\/em>, 1937<br>Pochoir colored collotype with stamp<br>13 7\/8 x 7 7\/8 in. (35.2 x 20 cm)<br>Signed M. Duchamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d28bbe81d61&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d28bbe81d61\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1693\" height=\"1147\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/277b3377-9d42-4be7-439a-5cf8841e5196.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/277b3377-9d42-4be7-439a-5cf8841e5196.jpg 1693w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/277b3377-9d42-4be7-439a-5cf8841e5196-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/277b3377-9d42-4be7-439a-5cf8841e5196-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/277b3377-9d42-4be7-439a-5cf8841e5196-1536x1041.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1693px) 100vw, 1693px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marcel Duchamp<br><em>The Chess Players<\/em>, 1966<br>etching on Japan paper<br>19 3\/4 x 25 3\/4 in. 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