A is a band which gets its name from V+W , where V is a mythological figure and W is a concert standard . B features X and is a tribute to a work Y by X . Now , band A has parodied this work Y in one of their album covers Z .
Solve for A , X , Y and Z .
Quoting Appu ,
“Dude Descending a Staircase (Z) by the British band Apollo 440 (A). The album title and cover refer the painting Nude Descending a Staircase (Y) by Marcel Duchamp (X)”
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The band Apollo 440 (A) has an album ‘dude descending a staircase’ (Z)as a tribute to the painting ‘nude descending a staircase’ (Y) by Duchamp (X).
The photo B portrays Duchamp himself descending a staircase.
A would be the English band Apollo 440
X would be Marcel Duchamp
Y would be his famous work “Nude Descending a Staircase”
and finally
Z would be A’s 2003 album “Dude descending a Staircase”
Dude Descending a Staircase (Z) by the British band Apollo 440 (A). The album title and cover refer the painting Nude Descending a Staircase (Y) by Marcel Duchamp (X).
A- Apollo (W) + 440 (Y) = Apollo 440
B-duchampdescending ,Elio Effson
X-Marcel Dychamp
Y-Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Z-Dude Descending a Staircase
A -Apollo 440
X -Marcel Duchamp
Y – Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Z -Dude Descending a Staircase
A : Apollo 440
X : Marcel Duchamp.
Y : Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Z : Dude Descending a Staircase
A – Apollo 440
X – Marcel Duchamp
Y – Nude Descending a Staircase
Z – Dude Descending a Staircase
a–apollo 440
x–eliot elisofon
y–nude descending a staircase(duchamp)
z–dude descending a staircase(2003)
A = Apollo 440
X = Marcel Duchamps
Y = Nude down the Stairs and
Z = Dude down the Stairs .
A- apollo 440
Z- Dude Descending a Staircase
X- Marcel Duchamp
Y- Nude Descending a Staircase
Apollo 440, Marcel Duchamp, Nude descending a staircase, Dude descending a staircase.
a)apollo440
x)marcel duchamp
y)nude descending stairs
z)dude descending stairs
A – Apollo 440
X – Marcel Duchamp
Y – Nude Descending A Staircase
Z – Dude Descending A Staircase
A- Apollo 440
X-Marcel Duchamp
Y-Nude Descending The Stairs
Z-Dude Descending a Staircase
Y-Nude descending the staircase
X-Marcel Duchamp
A-Apollo 440
Z-Dude descending a staircase