Apolinère Enameled
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| Artist | Marcel Duchamp |
| Year | 1916-17 |
| Medium | Gouache and graphite on painted tin, mounted on cardboard |
| Dimensions | 24.4 cm × 34 cm (9.6 in × 13 in) |
| Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Accession | 1950-134-73 |
Apolinère Enameled was painted c. 1916 by Marcel Duchamp, as a heavily altered version of an advertisement for paint ("Sapolin Enamel"). The picture depicts a girl painting a bed-frame with white enamelled paint. The depiction of the frame deliberately includes conflicting perspective lines, to produce an impossible object. To emphasise the deliberate impossibility of the shape, a piece of the frame is missing. The piece is sometimes referred to as Duchamp's "impossible bed" painting.
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