Duchamp Fresh Widow

by Sturtevant

Artist Sturtevant (USA, 1924 - 2014)

Alternate Title

Duchamp Fräck änka

Date2012

MediumEnamel paint on wood, leather, polyester plastic

Dimensions77,3 x 51,9 x 10,5 cm

ClassificationSculptures

Credit LineDonation 2012 from Thaddaeus Ropac

Countries

United States, Frankrike

Object NumberMOM/2012/75

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkSturtevant is perhaps best known for her repetitions of other artists’ works, like this one: Marcel Duchamp’s famous Fresh Widow. Moderna Museet owns a replica of this work, approved and signed by Duchamp and produced by former museum curator Ulf Linde in 1960. By meticulously recreating selected pieces by male artists in the 1960s and 1970s, Sturtevant challenged not only copyright laws and demands on artistic originality, but also the authenticity of the concept of art as such. How should the idea of “genuine” art and culture be understood, and how can it be produced and conveyed? In our contemporary digital society, overflowing with clones and copies, these questions seem more relevant than ever. Elaine Sturtevant asked them more than 50 years ago.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad och daterad med tuschpenna på baksidan: "Sturtevant / 2012" Selected exhibition history Jimmy Robert - Asymmetrisk grammatik (den 1 april 2023 - den 3 september 2023) Moderna Museet Malmö Konstnären (den 11 februari 2016 - den 4 september 2016) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Konstnären (den 24 september 2016 - den 19 februari 2017) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Konstnären : [Moderna Museet Malmö 24/9 2016-19/2 2017]

Works by the artist