This profile is about the feted life of the epoch’s most powerful artist - Marcel Duchamp. He is regarded as one of the colossi of the 20th century, who transformed the progression of modern art, influence by the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Graphic arts and performing arts were never the same again because he was instrumental in shifting the focus of a regular observer of art from something purely visual to something more complex, more psychological. He circumnavigated the prosaic and romantic to uncover the concepts outlining art itself. His familiarity with the subject and prose style, waggishness and satire, made him look like a picture-perfect writer during his time. Some of his works that caused sensations are ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2’, ‘Bottle Rack’, ‘Fountain’ and ‘The Large Glass’. During his tenure as an artist, he created the ‘Societe Anonyme’ along with influential personalities like Man Ray and Katherine Dreier. Apart from his works as an artist, he was a keen chess player and was even seen in the film ‘Entr’acte’, where he was playing chess with Man Ray. He learned, studied and perfected this game that he so loved, for the rest of his life.