Exclusive New Title on Marcel Duchamp: The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost

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Naumann, Francis M: The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp.  2012. 530 pages, fully illustrated. Hardcover. 22.5 x 29cms.£ 90.00

Contains 33 essays on Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), written by the scholar Francis Naumann over a period of thirty five years. Considers key works, such as 'Nude Descending a Staircase' (1912), 'Large Glass' (1915-1923) and 'Etant donnés' (1946-1966) and unlocks them through an understanding of the greater themes at work in his oeuvre, including chess, eroticism, anarchy and money. Also takes into account the popular culture of the time and explores the influence this, and his personal encounters with others, such as the Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, may have had on the works that emerged.

Table of Contents as follows:

INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

NUDE DESCENDING AND LARGE GLASS

1. Nude Descending a Staircase
2. Precise and Not so Controlled
3. Notes for theLarge Glass

READYMADES

1. The Erotic Souvenir
2. Bicycle Wheel
3. Fountain
4. L.H.O.O.Q.
5. Fresh Widow
6. Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette
7. Monte Carlo Bond
8. Retroactive Readymades

OPTICS

1. Precision Optics

VALISE

1. ValiseandBox in a Valise

THE LIFE

1. Marcel and Maria
2. Notre Dame des Désirs
3. The Erotic Objects
4. Money is No Object: Part I
5. New York Dada: Style with a Smile
6. The Art of Chess
7. Correspondence and Correspondents

CRITIQUE AND CONTROVERSIES

1. The Bachelor’s Quest
2. Arturo’s Marcel
3. Duchamp’s Detractors

OVERVIEWS

1. A Reconciliation of Opposites
2. Aesthetic Anarchy
3. The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

THE LEGACY

1. InfluenceandSINfluence
2. Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol
3. Jeff Koons andEtant donnés
4. Apropos of Marcel
5. Money is No Object: Part II
6. The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost

List of Illustrations

Index

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