"Marcel Duchamp, Portrait of"
pencil and collage, 33 x 23 1/2

Gavin’s love of drawing inspired this affectionate portrayal. "Why him", he opined. "Why not?" said his better third. He fought his natural hatred of drawing and turned in an eloquent portrayal of the man he is reluctant to acknowledge, but eager to proclaim, as the greatest cerebral artist of the 20th century. ‘Duchamp’s jawbone is an icon of Art, because from there emerged some of the greatest wisdom of the age’, said Gavin Twinge.