The Large Glass has been described as ‘a diagram of an ironic love-making machine of extraordinary complexity’. The upper part is dominated by the Bride, whose imagined sexual fulfilment or “blossoming” is represented by a pink cloud. In the lower part, nine dressmaker’s models, or ‘malic moulds’ (a pun on ‘male’ and ‘phallic’), symbolise the Bachelors. The two realms communicate only through complex machinery including a series of sieves filled with dust and a chocolate grinder, which filter the Bachelors’ desire before it is shot upwards at the Bride. This replica was made by the artist Richard Hamilton with Duchamp’s approval.
