The Seated Woman

sculpture by Duchamp-Villon

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"Seated Woman" is a sculpture created by Raymond Duchamp-Villon in 1914. It exemplifies his application of Cubist principles to sculpture, a technique he adopted around 1910. Similar to how Cubist painters broke down objects into abstract shapes, Duchamp-Villon dissected forms in his sculptures. This approach is evident in "Seated Woman," where the figure is reduced to geometric essentials, integrating space within the mass of the work. Duchamp-Villon was a pioneer in applying Cubism to sculpture, working alongside his artist brothers, Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp.1

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Raymond Duchamp-Villon
With works such as Seated Woman (1914), Duchamp-Villon increasingly employed the Cubist painters’ technique of dissecting an object into abstract shapes.
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With works such as Seated Woman (1914), Duchamp-Villon increasingly employed the Cubist painters’ technique of dissecting an object into abstract shapes.
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