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Duchamp's painting fragments a figure's movement down steps into overlapping forms.

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Your new ahaNude Descending a Staircase

Nude Descending a Staircase: Abstract depiction of motion through overlapping fragmented forms. Source: Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 ↗

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