Lot 1125
Rosenberg, Arnold. Nude Descending a Staircase. 20 x 16", after Marcel Duchamp's famous 1912 painting, "Nu descendant un escalier n° 2" (Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2). Photographer Arnold Rosenberg signed in black ink at lower right (slight ink brushing to "Rosenberg").
Rosenberg had contacted Duchamp and told him of his desire to do a portfolio of photographs of Duchamp and his work. Duchamp agreed and suggested that Rosenberg set up a background which would simulate a nude descending a staircase. Rosenberg agreed and arranged for an artist's model to meet him at the studio. To obtain the proper effect, Rosenberg arranged a series of platforms which the model would descend. He used a Hasselblad camera with an open shutter and multiple flash in order to simulate movement.
Examples of Rosenberg's photographs are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000.
Arnold Rosenberg.
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