Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel explained

Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel is a 1910 painting by Marcel Duchamp. Raymond Dumouchel was a former schoolmate and a student in Radiology, an emerging field at the time (X-rays had been discovered in 1895). Duchamp painted the left hand of Dumouchel surrounded by an aura, suggestive of both the rays he worked with and his healing powers. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In a letter to the Arensbergs, Duchamp writes: "The portrait is very colourful (red and green) and has a note of humour which indicated my future direction to abandon mere retinal painting."^[4]

Duchamp included a facsimile of the painting in the Boîte-en-valise.^[5]

See also

• List of works by Marcel Duchamp

Notes and References

1. Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel. Art. Philadelphia Museum of. www.philamuseum.org. 2018-11-10.
2. Henderson. Linda Dalrymple. Linda Dalrymple Henderson . 1988. X Rays and the Quest for Invisible Reality in the Art of Kupka, Duchamp, and the Cubists. Art Journal. 47. 4. 323–340. 10.2307/776982. 776982.
3. Book: Duchamp et la photographie: essai d'analyse d'un primat technique sur le développement d'une œuvre. Clair. Jean. Duchamp. Marcel. 1977. Chêne. 9782851081209. 19–25. fr.
4. Book: Beekman, Klaus. Marcel Duchamp. 1989. Rodopi. 978-0921251521. en.
5. Demos. T. J.. 2002. Duchamp's Boîte-en-valise: Between Institutional Acculturation and Geopolitical Displacement. Grey Room. 8. 7–37. 1262606.