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" Alchemist of the avant-garde : "
John F. Moffitt
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BL
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585613
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b414832
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| Main Entry
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Moffitt, John F., (John Francis),1940-2008
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| Title & Author
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Alchemist of the avant-garde : : the case of Marcel Duchamp /\ John F. Moffitt
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
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xiii, 468 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0791457095
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: 9780791457092
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: 0791457109
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: 9780791457108
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-457) and index
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| Contents
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An esoteric French adolescence for Duchamp: symbolist culture and occultism -- The invention of the modern alchemist-artist -- The cultural shaping of an artist-iconoclast: Duchamp in France, 1887-1915 -- Duchamp's first experiments in esoteric and alchemical art, 1910-1912 -- Duchamp in New York with esoteric patrons and the large glass, 1915-1923 -- Alchemical emblematics and the ready-mades, 1913-1923 -- The esoteric fourth dimension and laws of chance, 1895-1923 -- The circle closes, 1923-1968
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Duchamp, Marcel,1887-1968-- Criticism and interpretation
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Alchemy-- Influence
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| Dewey Classification
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709.2
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N6853.D8M64 2003
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PB1306.O3
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