Readymades of Marcel Duchamp
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The readymades of Marcel Duchamp are ordinary manufactured objects that the artist selected and modified, as an antidote to what he called "retinal art". By simply choosing the object and repositionin
Marcel Duchamp's studio at 33 West 67th Street, New York City, 1917–18. Shown to the left is the 2nd version of Bicycle Wheel, 1916–17. The original 1913 version and this 2nd version are lost. The coatrack, titled Trap (Trébuchet), 1917, is on the floor, lower left.
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917. Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
Marcel Duchamp, 1919, L.H.O.O.Q., a parody of the Mona Lisa with a goatee and moustache
Man Ray, 1920 21, Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, gelatin silver print, Yale University Art Gallery
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
Readymades of Marcel Duchamp
…Note: Some art historians consider only the un-altered manufactured objects to be readymades. This list includes the pieces he altered or constructed.) Bottle Rack (also called Bottle Dryer or Hedgehog) (Egouttoir or Porte-bouteilles or Hérisson), 1914. A galvanized iron bottle drying rack that Duchamp bought in…
A 1959 replica of the work, on display at the Art Institute of Chicago