Marcel Duchamp To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour Buenos Aires 1918
- MoMA, Floor 5, 505 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries
- Medium
- Oil, silver leaf, lead wire, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked), mounted between panes of glass in a standing metal frame, 20 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2" (51 x 41.2 x 3.7 cm), on painted wood base, 1 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2" (4.8 x 45.3 x 11.4 cm)
- Dimensions
- Overall 22" (55.8 cm) high
- Credit
- Katherine S. Dreier Bequest
- Object number
- 150.1953
- Copyright
- © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Marcel Duchamp has 173 works online.
- There are 1,655 sculptures online.
Installation views
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
2 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
16 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
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508: According to the Laws of Chance
Nov 14, 2020–Jan 7, 2024
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508: According to the Laws of Chance
Nov 14, 2020–Jan 7, 2024
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505: Living in the Age of the Machine
Ongoing
7 other works identified
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505: Living in the Age of the Machine
Ongoing
3 other works identified
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The artist
Katherine S. Dreier (d. 1952), West Redding, Connecticut. [Purchased from Duchamp], by 1936
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Katherine S. Dreier Bequest, 1953
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