Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel
| Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel | |
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| Artist | Marcel Duchamp  |
| Year | 1910 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Accession No. | 1950-134-508 |
Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel is a 1910 painting by Marcel Duchamp. Raymond Dumouchel was a former schoolmate and a student in Radiology, an emerging field at the time (X-rays had been discovered in 1895). Duchamp painted the left hand of Dumouchel surrounded by an aura, suggestive of both the rays he worked with and his healing powers. [1][2][3]
In a letter to the Arensbergs, Duchamp writes: "The portrait is very colourful (red and green) and has a note of humour which indicated my future direction to abandon mere retinal painting."[4]
Duchamp included a facsimile of the painting in the Boîte-en-valise.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Art, Philadelphia Museum of. "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel". www.philamuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- JSTOR 776982.
- ISBN 9782851081209.
- ISBN 978-0921251521.
- JSTOR 1262606.
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