Illustration 16. Marcel Duchamp, 3 Stoppages Étalon, 1913-1914, Assemblage: Three threads glued to three painted canvas strips, 5 1/4 x 47 1/4" (13.3 x 120 cm), each mounted on a glass panel, 7 1/4 x 49 3/8 x 1/4" (18.4 x 125.4 x .6 cm); three wood slats, 2 1/2 x 43 x 1/8" (6.2 x 109.2 x .2 cm), 2 1/2 x 47 x 1/8" (6.1 x 119.4 x .2 cm), 2 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 1/8" (6.3 x 109.7 x .2 cm), shaped along one edge to match the curves of the threads; the whole fitted into a wood box, 11 1/8 x 50 7/8 x 9" (28.2 x 129.2 x 22.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Katherine S. Dreier Bequest. Photograph ©1998 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.