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Maria Martins Was More Than Just Duchamp’s Lover

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Maria Martins Was More Than Just Duchamp’s Lover
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Unknown photographer’s portrait Maria Martins (undated) (all images courtesy Abbeville Press)In Marcel Duchamp’s enigmatic last artwork, a nude woman lies sprawled out in a field. According to Francis M. Naumann, the figure in Étant donnés (1946–66) is based on Maria Martins, the Brazilian sculptor who was Duchamp’s model and first true love. In Impossible: The Love Affair Between Marcel Duchamp and Maria Martins, and the Artwork It Inspired (2026), the hist

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