Marcel Duchamp
The Large Glass

Duchamp & I CHING

 Gradual Progress 

 Travel 

 Reduction 

 Abundance 

 Stripping Away 

 Nourishment 

 Discipline 

 Mountain/Thunder 

 Water & Fire 

DUCHAMP CODE
 
ZUIHUUKAN
H O M E
 
 
 
 咸  Sensing
 
The hexagram Sensing is composed of
lake above and mountain below,
the youngest woman and youngest man.
 I CHING, tr. by Thomas Cleary
 
The most parts of "The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even " ( or "The Large Glass", 1915-23) by Marcel Duchamp, are common to the   “Nei Jing Tu” ( Inner Passageways Illustration ) . The Nei Jing Tu that is the Illustration of the Nei Dan (the inner alchemy), has been printed by Baiyun-guan in Beijing.
 
"The Large Glass" is composed of the Bride above and her Bachelors below.
The Bride is a younger woman, and her Bachelors are younger men. The composition is common to the hexagram Sensing.
 
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Marcel Duchamp
The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even
1915-1923
Philadelphia Museum of Art