Nude Descending a Staircase, No.

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - - art. Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912), by French artist Marcel Duchamp, is a synthesis of two modern-art styles: cubism and futurism. In creating this painting, Duchamp may have been influenced by Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement. When it was shown in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York, the painting created a sensation because it was considered too radical. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York