Looked to scientific models, industry and literature for inspiration.
Lovers and marriages; Daughter
A confirmed bachelor in his 20s, Duchamp later reflected, "I realized quite young that one ought not to weight oneself down with too much ballast, with too many jobs, with a wife, children, a country home, a car; luckily I realized that early on."
Tu m - 1918 - his final painting on canvas
Buenos Aries - It was here that he learned of the death of his brother, Raymond Duchamp-Villon.
Surrealism - Desnos
Rrose
Box in a valise - 1941
notes and studies for the bride
Chocolate Grinder 1914
Network of Stoppages 1914
Other drawings and painting from 1911 show machines embued with a fantastic life of their own. ()
1912 sketch The Bride Stripped Bare by the Bachelors (La mariée mise à nu par les célibantaires)
