Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel
Painting by Marcel Duchamp
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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]
| Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel | |
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| Artist | Marcel Duchamp  |
| Year | 1910 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Accession no. | 1950-134-508 |
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]