Sundays
Marcel Duchamp
American, born France. 1887–1968
1909
A quietly observant drawing in conté crayon, ink, and gouache of a Parisian couple pushing a large baby carriage, capturing the ordinary ritual of a Sunday outing with precise, slightly ironic line.
What would strike you is the bold, economical contouring of the pram and its oversized wheels set against a faintly sketched city background, which gives the figures a clipped, almost stage‑like presence.
Executed before Duchamp's turn to Dada, this careful realist study reveals the technical fluency and attention to everyday modern life that underpins and contrasts with his later radical rethinking of what art could be.
Medium
Conté crayon, ink, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
24 x 19 1/8" (61 x 48.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Mary Sisler Bequest
Accession
677.1990
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