Duchampian Sliding Screens Salesman Sample (or Moire Pattern Making Machine) early printing block only to himself be tricked

only to himself be tricked into sticking his head in the noose

with its terrific orange and dark blue banded Art Deco style decoration against green body

and I believe yellow wax crayon on white watercolor paper

I think she's my favorite I've had

Duchampian Sliding Screens Salesman Sample (or Moire Pattern Making Machine) early printing block only to himself be trickedAnother example of a thing made for one purpose, but which, recontextualized, feels quite like an artwork, this one feeling very Duchampian to me, including for his ongoing interest in thresholds and portals (doors, windows, peepholes, glass, etc..) I believe it was made as a salesman sample for sliding screens, here with three screens, each with handles for sliding them in one direction or the other. They can all be slid, one by one, to one side or