Paul Thek, “Warrior’s Leg,” 1966-67 Wax, metal, leather, and paint in artist’s vitrine

Marcel Duchamp, Torture-morte, 1959, Mouches collées sur plâtre peint, dans boîte en bois et verre, 29,5 x 13,4 x 10,3 cm, Paris, Centre Pompidou.

Louise Bourgeois, J’y suis j’y reste, 1990, Pink marble, glass & metal, 88.9 x 102.9 x 78.7 centimeters

Urs Fischer, September Song, 2002, polysterene, glue, paint, wire, screw and marker, sculpture: 9 x 23 5/8 x 4in. (23 x 60 x 10cm.)

Tracey Emin, The Leg, 2004, Cprint and plaster cast, Vitrine: 11 ¼ x 35 13/16 x 12 13/16 in. (28.6 x 91 x 32.6 cm

Louise Bourgeois, ‘Cell III’, 1991, marble

Berlinde de Bruyckere, Amputeren zei je 2008 (wooden table, wax, blanket)

Sherrie Levine, 2 Shoes, 1992, brown leather shoes

Jannis KounellisNapoli, 1975, shoes, gold paint and paper in a glass and metal vitrine, 36 x 27 x 19in. (91.4 x 70.5 x 50.1cm.)

Sarah Lucas, 1 – 123 – 123 – 12 – 12 1991 Boots with razor blades, size seven Dimensions variable

MARCEL DUCHAMP
Fresh Widow
1920
Miniature French window; painted wood frame and eight panes of glass covered with black leather.
30 ½ x 17 5/8 inches
77.5 x 44.8 cm
on wood sill: ¾ x 21 x 4 inches
1.9 x 53.3 x 10.2 cm
Inscribed verso, on base, in black ink: Marcel Duchamp 1964.
On copper plate affixed to base [inscribed]: Marcel Duchamp 1964 Ex Arturo; engraved: FRESH WIDOW, 1920 / Edition Galerie Schwarz, Milan.
Front of base applied across sill in black paper-tape letters: FRESH WIDOW COPYRIGHT ROSE SELAVY 1920
ex. Arturo 1964, Milan

The Marcel in the Moriarty is Duchamp, not Proust—still: too good.

1, 3: Anne Carson—The Albertine Workout

2: Laura Moriarty, Nude Memoir