Marcel Duchamp
nude descending a staircase no. 2
french
oil on canvas
1912

first impressions:
when i first saw this picture and read
the name i looked at it and tride to picture
a person coming down a flight of stairs. after
a while of looking at it i still couldnt see it but
i still like it because it seems random but i like
the colors that he choose

what i learned:
this painting is one of the first paintings Marcels
first peice of work. this painting is supposed to
show the movment of a nude walking down the
steps. he submitted this painting to the cubist
Salon des Indépendants. it is in the phildelphia
museum of art.