Bottle Rack
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The Bottle Rack is a proto-Dada artwork created in 1914 by Marcel Duchamp. He labeled the piece a "readymade", a term he used to describe his collection of ordinary, manufactured objects not commonly
A 1959 replica of the work, on display at the Art Institute of Chicago
Man Ray, 1920 21, Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, gelatin silver print, Yale University Art Gallery
Surrealism
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Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depic
The Treachery of Images, by René Magritte (1929), featuring the declaration "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (lit. 'This is not a pipe')
Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes, 1921
Cover of the first issue of La Révolution surréaliste, December 1924
Yvan Goll, Surréalisme, Manifeste du surréalisme, Volume 1, Number 1, 1 October 1924, cover by Robert Delaunay