You may have seen this iconic silhouette of Duchamp before. Duchamp’s Self-Portrait in Profile (1957) was originally created for Robert Lebel’s “Sur Marcel Duchamp” (1959). Duchamp used zinc stencils to tear sheets of paper. 137 hand-torn silhouettes were then mounted to the deluxe editions of Lebel’s monograph. You may learn more about “Sur Marcel Duchamp” in our current installation Duchamp as an Open Book.

You may have seen this iconic silhouette of Duchamp before. Duchamp’s Self-Portrait in Profile (1957) was originally created for Robert Lebel’s “Sur Marcel Duchamp” (1959). Duchamp used zinc stencils to tear sheets of paper. 137 hand-torn silhouettes were then mounted to the deluxe editions of Lebel’s monograph. You may learn more about “Sur Marcel Duchamp” in our current installation Duchamp as an Open Book.