Nu descendant un escalier n° 2
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Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp that famously blends Cubist fragmentation with a Futurist sense of motion to depict a figure in dynamic descent.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 canonical | 2 |
| Nu descendant un escalier series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8509167 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 Context triple: [Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, originalTitle, Nu descendant un escalier n° 2]
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A.
Escalier Lesage
Escalier Lesage is a historic staircase in Nice, France, known for connecting the city to the panoramic viewpoints and park areas of Castle Hill.
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B.
Staircase
"Staircase" is a large-scale, translucent fabric installation by artist Do Ho Suh that recreates and memorializes the stairways of his former homes to explore memory, displacement, and personal space.
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C.
Boulevard Stairs
Boulevard Stairs, now known as the Potemkin Stairs, is a monumental seaside staircase in Odesa, Ukraine, famed as a symbol of the city and for its iconic appearance in the film "Battleship Potemkin."
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D.
Stiege
Stiege is a small village in the Harz region of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
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E.
Cordonata staircase
The Cordonata staircase is a gently sloping monumental ramp in Rome designed by Michelangelo to provide a grand processional approach to the Capitoline Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 Target entity description: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp that famously blends Cubist fragmentation with a Futurist sense of motion to depict a figure in dynamic descent.
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A.
Escalier Lesage
Escalier Lesage is a historic staircase in Nice, France, known for connecting the city to the panoramic viewpoints and park areas of Castle Hill.
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B.
Staircase
"Staircase" is a large-scale, translucent fabric installation by artist Do Ho Suh that recreates and memorializes the stairways of his former homes to explore memory, displacement, and personal space.
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C.
Boulevard Stairs
Boulevard Stairs, now known as the Potemkin Stairs, is a monumental seaside staircase in Odesa, Ukraine, famed as a symbol of the city and for its iconic appearance in the film "Battleship Potemkin."
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D.
Stiege
Stiege is a small village in the Harz region of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
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E.
Cordonata staircase
The Cordonata staircase is a gently sloping monumental ramp in Rome designed by Michelangelo to provide a grand processional approach to the Capitoline Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | early 20th century modernism ⓘ |
| basedOn | concept of motion ⓘ |
| catalogCode | Duchamp catalogue raisonné entry (commonly referenced) ⓘ |
| collection | Philadelphia Museum of Art collection ⓘ |
| colorPalette | monochrome brown and ochre tones ⓘ |
| continentOfCurrentLocation | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| creatorBirthCountry | France ⓘ |
| creatorBirthPlace | Blainville-Crevon ⓘ |
| depicts |
figure descending a staircase
ⓘ
nude figure ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Armory Show
ⓘ
Salon des Indépendants ⓘ |
| exhibitionYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| genre | abstract painting ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| hasCreatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Futurist interest in speed and motion
ⓘ
chronophotography ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a landmark of modern art
ⓘ
controversial at 1913 Armory Show ⓘ |
| hasSubject | human body in motion ⓘ |
| inception | 1912 ⓘ |
| influenced |
American modern art
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reception of European avant-garde in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Cubism
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Futurism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of Cubist fragmentation and Futurist dynamism
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depiction of movement through overlapping forms ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Nu descendant un escalier series
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linked to:
Nu descendant un escalier n° 2
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| seriesOrdinal | 2 ⓘ |
| style |
analytic Cubism-influenced
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geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
Nu descendant un escalier n° 2
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Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
fragmentation of form
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sequential representation of movement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 Description of subject: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp that famously blends Cubist fragmentation with a Futurist sense of motion to depict a figure in dynamic descent.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2