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LlordLlama
Dec 3, 2010
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Neat sculpture at the Nelson-Atkins Museaum of Art in Kansas City, Mo.

I forgot who did it. Anyone have a guess?

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Martin_Stahl
Dec 3, 2010
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Well, the face looks like Marcel Duchamp and in doing a quick search that knight is either one of his sculptures or a homage to one (link)

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Martin_Stahl
Dec 3, 2010
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#3

Yep, it's Marcel Duchamp (flickr picture of the same sculpture)

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Martin_Stahl
Dec 3, 2010
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Another flickr picture with more details; it's called "Cast Alive" from 1967.

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LlordLlama
Dec 3, 2010
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#5

Thanks!