{"product_id":"spellbound-by-marcel-duchamp-love-and-art-hardcover","title":"Spellbound by Marcel: Duchamp, Love, and Art - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Brandon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1913 Marcel Duchamp's \u003ci\u003eNude Descending a Staircase\u003c\/i\u003e exploded through the American art world. This is the story of how he followed the painting to New York two years later, enchanted the Arensberg salon, and--almost incidentally--changed art forever. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1915, a group of French artists fled war-torn Europe for New York. In the few months between their arrival--and America's entry into the war in April 1917--they pushed back the boundaries of the possible, in both life and art. The vortex of this transformation was the apartment at 33 West 67th Street, owned by Walter and Louise Arensberg, where artists and poets met nightly to talk, eat, drink, discuss each others' work, play chess, plan balls, organise magazines and exhibitions, and fall in and out of love. At the center of all this activity stood the mysterious figure of Marcel Duchamp, always approachable, always unreadable. His exhibit of a urinal, which he called \u003ci\u003eFountain\u003c\/i\u003e, briefly shocked the New York art world before falling, like its perpetrator, into obscurity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many people (of both sexes) were in love with Duchamp. Henri-Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood were among them; they were also, briefly, and (for her) life-changingly, in love with each other. Both kept daily diaries, which give an intimate picture of the events of those years. Or rather two pictures--for the views they offer, including of their own love affair, are stunningly divergent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpellbound by Marcel\u003c\/i\u003e follows Duchamp, Roché, and Beatrice as they traverse the twentieth century. Roché became the author of \u003ci\u003eJules and Jim\u003c\/i\u003e, made into a classic film by François Truffaut. Beatrice became a celebrated ceramicist. Duchamp fell into chess-playing obscurity until, decades later, he became famous for a second time--as \u003ci\u003eFountain\u003c\/i\u003e was elected the twentieth century's most influential artwork.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Brandon\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed novelist and cultural historian. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHoudini\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House); \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritualists \u003c\/i\u003e(Knopf), and \u003ci\u003eUgly Beauty: Helena Rubinstein, L'Or?al, and the Blemished History of Looking Good\u003c\/i\u003e (Harper). She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47572047462621,"sku":"9781643138619","price":33.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/P24XUZkcA29781643138619.webp?v=1773385151","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/spellbound-by-marcel-duchamp-love-and-art-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}