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Date: 1900 - 1925 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: Europe [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Nudity [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Painting [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Marcel Duchamp
Confronting Bodies: ?
Dates of Action: 1912
Location: Paris, France
Description of Artwork: Nude descending staircase
The Incident: Duchamp removed this painting from an exhibition after complaints from.....? (the gallery? patrons?) Supposedly he took it down and took it home in a taxi. It was listed in the catalogue but not shown. People were offended, this was shocking stuff.
Results of Incident: People didn't get to see the painting.
Source: M. Ciceri (Kingston, ON, Canada) [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]
