Marcel
Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp: A Revolutionary Spirit Marcel Duchamp, born Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp in 1887 in Blainville-Crevon, Normandy, was more than an artist; he was a philosophical provocateur who fundamentally altered the course of modern art. His early life, though seemingly conventional – nurtured within a family that …
A portrait built from Marcel Duchamp's own colours
Every 73 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
