Beatrice Wood on Marcel Duchamp's Fountain

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Duchamp's Fountain was sent in by Arensberg. I knew immediately who Arensberg was to test the validity of bylaws which were free.

[00:00:10]The purpose that anybody who chose could send in a painting. Kent and Arensberg had a tremendous fight about it the day before.

[00:00:23]And I fled because they were at each other's throat. And it was they wouldn't allow it to be shown.

[00:00:30]And so there was a quite to do. I went with Marcel Duchamp to Stieglitz.

[00:00:37]And when he asked Stieglitz if he would photograph it. And I remember that Stieglitz took great pains in just getting the right light effect in taking it.