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'''Marcel Duchamp''' '''(Rose Sélavy)''' (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a born-French American [[painter]] and [[sculptor]].  
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'''Marcel Duchamp''' '''(Rose Sélavy)''' (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a born French American [[painter]] and [[sculptor]]. His work is often associated with [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionist]] styles, [[Cubism]], [[Fauvism]] and avant-garde movements like the [[Dadaism|Dadaist]] and [[Surrealist]]. 
  
A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, '''Marcel Duchamp''' created works of art that slyly debased traditional [[painting]] and sculpture.
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A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, Marcel Duchamp created works of [[art]] that slyly debased traditional [[painting]] and sculpture.
  
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His most famous work is ''Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2''.
  
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[[File:Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.jpg|300px|Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2]]
  
  

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Marcel Duchamp (Rose Sélavy) (Blainville, 1887 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1968) was a born French American painter and sculptor. His work is often associated with Post-Impressionist styles, Cubism, Fauvism and avant-garde movements like the Dadaist and Surrealist.

A chessplayer, a trickster, and an artist, Marcel Duchamp created works of art that slyly debased traditional painting and sculpture.

His most famous work is Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2