Muybridge

Duchamp

Muybridge
and
Duchamp

Nude Descending a Staircase
X. J. Kennedy

Toe upon toe, a snowing flesh,
A gold of lemon, root and rind,
She sifts in sunlight down the stairs
With nothing on. Nor on her mind.

We spy beneath the banister
A constant thresh of thigh on thigh ---
Her lips imprint the swinging air
That parts to let her parts go by.

One-woman waterfall, she wears
Her slow descent like a long cape
And pausing, on the final stair
Collects her motions into shape.

Thanks to T.J.M, Rex W, and Tony S and to Betsy DiJulio (Contemporary Art Center of Virginia)
for educational use only by students of D. Reiss, site developed Fall 1997, modified March 2001 by D. Reiss