Relationships and Marriages
In June 1927, Duchamp married Lydie Sarazin-Lavassor; however, they divorced six months later. It was rumored that Duchamp had chosen a marriage of convenience, because Sarazin-Lavassor was the daughter of a wealthy automobile manufacturer. Early in January 1928, Duchamp said that he could no longer bear the responsibility and confinement of marriage, and soon thereafter they were divorced.
After Sarazin-Lavassor's death, Duchamp allowed Mary Reynolds to reveal their complicated–and heretofore secret–ongoing 20-year relationship. They were together until her death in 1950 of uterine cancer.
In 1954, he and Alexina "Teeny" Sattler married, and they remained together until his death.
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