Posted by Thomas Girst on July 15, 19102 at 08:25:12:
In Reply to: Etant Donnes' back door, etc. posted by Stephen Lauf on July 10, 19102 at 14:20:02:
Dear Stephen,
We like the on-site pictures and detective work. However (re:your PS), we should not want to categorize Duchamp's pieces as works (of art). The back-door to ED surely isn't as the assemblage was installed at the PMA after duchamp's death. As for the window opening to the fountain in the courtyard and a sculpture of Maria Martin's ("Yara" - unfortunately no longer there), I would consider this an integral part of the unfinished Large Glass (Dieter Daniels wrote extensively about this window in his German Book "Duchamp und die Anderen", Koel: DuMont, 1992, pp. 276-291).
Best,
Thomas Girst