Photo of collection object To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour — Duchamp, Marcel. To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour, Buenos Aires 1918. Oil, silver leaf, lead wire, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked), mounted between panes of glass in a standing metal frame, 20 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2" (51 x 41.2 x 3.7 cm), on painted wood base, 1 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2" (4.8 x 45.3 x 11.4 cm), Overall 22" (55.8 cm) high. Katherine S. Dreier Bequest, 150.1953. (Photo: MoMA)

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To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour

Buenos Aires 1918

Marcel Duchamp

American, born France. 1887–1968

Painting & Sculpture

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Duchamp, Marcel
Classification: Sculpture
Formatted Medium: Oil, silver leaf, lead wire, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked), mounted between panes of glass in a standing metal frame, 20 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2" (51 x 41.2 x 3.7 cm), on painted wood base, 1 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2" (4.8 x 45.3 x 11.4 cm)
Medium: oil, silver, leaf, lead, wire, magnifying, lens, glass, cracked, mounted, between, panes, standing, metal, frame, painted, wood, base
Dimensions: Overall 22" (55.8 cm) high
Departments: Painting & Sculpture
Accession Number: 150.1953
Credit Line: Katherine S. Dreier Bequest
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