Cubist painting that riled Paris, New York inspires play

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Friday, January 28, 2011

A painting that turned off cubists, scandalized the public and separated artist Marcel Duchamp from the prestigious Société des Artistes Indépendants has also inspired a play.

"Interrogating the Nude," which Late Night at Beowulf Alley opens tonight, uses as its catalyst Duchamp's "Nude Descending the Staircase." The 1912 painting combined cubist and futurist styles, lines and angles, to create an image of movement. ...

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