Something in “The Red Meadow” reminds me of Duchamp’s “Given: 1) the Waterfall; 2) the illuminating gas.” It’s the pose of the figure lying down and the relative difficulty seeing exactly what’s going on, I think. Not really a question; more an observation.

An astute observation regarding the pose. (The Duchamp work referenced can be viewed here.)

I’m not sure it’s difficult to see what’s going on in Étant donnés so much as it’s difficult to fit what’s going on to a rational explanation. The viewer may not be entirely sure what’s going on in Red Clover Meadow; however, the implication appears pretty unequivocal–at least to me.