Drawing on documents, interviews and archives, this title tells the story of the rise and fall of the Art Czar: his development from a small voice published in periodicals of marginal circulation, to a towering figure whose views influenced artists and their dealers, museums and their public, worldwide.

Art Czar

Arts & Photography

Alice Goldfarb Marquis

History & Criticism

Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd

Marcel Duchamp: The Bachelor Stripped Bare is not the first full-length biography of Duchamp, but it is the first to present him in all his human contradictions and to take a refreshingly objective look at his real contribution to modern art. The well-known facts are explored here: Duchamp's myriad personal relations (with family, lovers, collectors and artists ranging from Man Ray, Picabia and Breton to the Stettheimer sisters and the Arensbergs); the creation of major works such as the "readymades" and the "Large Glass"; his passion for chess and supposed abandonment of art. But beyond this, author Alice Goldfarb Marquis looks past the diffident, humorous mask that Duchamp wore with acquaintance and intimate alike, to explore the passions and insecurities that motivated many of his artistic and personal evolutions. She separates the artist from the con artist, to determine just how profound an influence Duchamp has really been. Based on numerous unpublished sources and first-hand interviews, Marcel Duchamp: The Bachelor Stripped Bare stands as a groundbreaking contribution to the ever-burgeoning field of Duchamp studies.

Marcel Duchamp: The Bachelor Stripped Bare: A Biography

MFA Publications/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Art Czar

Marcel Duchamp: The Bachelor Stripped Bare: A Biography