Audio & Video

Here we present audio and televised interviews with Marcel Duchamp. These resources provide an invaluable opportunity to hear from the artist himself.

 

Portrait multiple de Marcel Duchamp (Five-Way Portrait of Marcel Duchamp), Unidentified photographer, Private collection, courtesy of Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

Interview with CBS anchor Charles Collingwood

Excerpts from an interview aired on CBS in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Armory Show. Listen as CBS anchor Charles Collingwood interviews Marcel Duchamp.

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Marcel Duchamp, Marvin Lazarus (1918–1982), Gelatin silver print, 1962, Roberta Fast Lazarus

Western Roundtable on Modern Art, San Francisco Art Association, 1949

Organized by Douglas MacAgy, then director of the California School of Fine Arts (which was renamed the San Francisco Art Institute in 1961), the Western Round Table on Modern Art took place in San Francisco in April 1949.

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Marcel Duchamp, Marvin Lazarus (1918–1982), Gelatin silver print, 1962, Roberta Fast Lazarus

Interview with Earl Carter

Interview with Marcel Duchamp, conducted by Earl Carter of the Pasadena Museum of Art, October 1963.  In conjunction with “Marcel Duchamp: A Retrospective Exhibition,” hosted by the museum (October 10-November 3, 1963).

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image from Richardson Symposium

Duchamp Symposium

On March 27, 2009, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, held the Fourth Edgar P. Richardson Symposium, an afternoon highlighting new research on Marcel Duchamp and the role of portrayal in both his career and his legacy.

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image from Conservation Panel

Conservation Panel: Duchamp Portraits by Jean Crotti

On March 27, 2009, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, held "Conservation Panel: New Research on Marcel Duchamp Portraits by Jean Crotti," featuring conservators and curators from the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery.

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