"His [David Galenson] statistical approach has led to what he says is a radically new interpretation of 20th-century art, one he is certain art historians will hate. It is based in part on how frequently an illustration of a work appears in textbooks.

‘Demoiselles’ came in at No. 1 with 28 illustrations….Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 ‘Fountain’ — a white urinal — was seventh with 18 illustrations, and his 1912 painting ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2’ was eighth with 16."