Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912. Painting by Marcel Duchamp.

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912. Painting by Marcel Duchamp. The painting was created when the artist was twenty-five years old. After being rejected by the Cubitsts as being Futurist, it was presented at the Paris Salon of Independents and then caused a large stir when presented at the 1913 Armory Show in New York. Duchamp placed the title at the bottom of the painting,