Duchamp and New York
Calvin Tomkins on the artist’s life in his favorite city—the place where he felt freer and more at home than anywhere else.
On 'Nude Descending a Staircase' at the Armory Show: "'Her room was mobbed every day,' according to one account. 'People formed queues, waiting for thirty, even forty minutes just to stand momentarily in her presence, venting their shocked gasps of disbelief, their rage, or their raucous laughter before giving way to the next in line.'"