A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp

Overview

Filmed amidst the Arensberg collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where 35 works by Marcel Duchamp are gathered, this 1956 NBC interview features the artist talking with James Johnson Sweeney, former director of the Guggenheim Museum. Duchamp describes his transition away from Impressionism toward a Cubist, and then post-Cubist, approach, providing commentary while standing before Nude Descending a Staircase

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1956

Original language

English

Production

NBC

Cast

Marcel Duchamp

Director

Robert D. Graff

Cinematography

Richard Leacock

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11917148