MARCEL DUCHAMP AT THE AGE OF 85

In 1945, Marcel Duchamp published a photographic self-portrait in the American magazine View which depicted him--according to the ca ption--at the age of 85. In reality he was, at the time, only 58 years old. In other words, the camera was being used as a time m achine, but not, as customary, to capture a present moment, but rather to look into the future.