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The Chess Player Stripped Bare

California’s surreal 1960s truly began one Los Angeles morning in '63, when pioneering dadaist Marcel Duchamp met stark naked Eve Babitz. Duchamp had by then semiretired from art to play chess. Babitz was just beginning her career as a cultural provocateur. Here she recalls the story behind their encounter, which changed her life and her city forever.

April 1 2018 Eve Babitz
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The Chess Player Stripped Bare

California’s surreal 1960s truly began one Los Angeles morning in '63, when pioneering dadaist Marcel Duchamp met stark naked Eve Babitz. Duchamp had by then semiretired from art to play chess. Babitz was just beginning her career as a cultural provocateur. Here she recalls the story behind their encounter, which changed her life and her city forever.

April 1 2018 Eve Babitz

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