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Marcel Duchamp
French, 1887–1968
Fountain, 1964 (fifth version, after lost original of 1917)
assisted readymade: porcelain urinal turned on its back

Marcel Duchamp
French, 1887–1968
Fountain, 1964 (fifth version, after lost original of 1917)
assisted readymade: porcelain urinal turned on its back

Marcel Duchamp
French, 1887–1968
Apolinère Enameled, 1916–1917
rectified readymade: gouache and pencil on painted tin
(advertising sign for Sapolin Enamel) mounted on board

Marcel Duchamp
French, 1887–1968
L.H.O.O.Q., 1919
rectified readymade: pencil on reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Duchamp, Rotative Demisphère (Optiques de précision)

Marcel Duchamp
French, 1887–1968
Rotative Demisphère (Optiques de précision) (Rotary Demisphere [Precision Optics]), 1924
motorized optical device: painted wood demisphere fitted on velvet disk, copper collar with Plexiglas dome, motor, pulley, and metal stand

Marcel Duchamp
French, 1887–1968
Why Not Sneeze Rose Sélavy?, 1921 (1964 edition)
152 marble cubes, thermometer, and cuttlebone in bird cage

Man Ray
American, 1890–1976
Untitled (Woman smoking cigarette), 1920
gelatin silver print

Man Ray
American, 1890–1976
Marcel Duchamp as Rose Sélavy, c. 1920–1921
photograph retouched by Duchamp, gelatin silver print