Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti was a French Dadaist painter, collagist, sculptor, and draughtsman. Her work was significant to the development of Paris Dada and modernism and her drawings and collages explore
Portrait of Suzanne Duchamp, by Man Ray, c. 1926, Paris
Broken and Restored Multiplication, 1918
Theo van Doesburg Dadamatinée
Man Ray, 1920 21, Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, gelatin silver print, Yale University Art Gallery
Crotti was born in Bulle, Fribourg, Switzerland. He first studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, in Munich, Germany, then at age 23 moved to Paris to study art at the Académie Julian. Initially
Suzanne Duchamp
…constantly overshadowed by her famous older brothers, who were also artists, or was often reduced to being described simply as "the wife of" fellow artist Jean Crotti. Her work in painting turns out to be significantly influential to the landscape of Dada in Paris and to the interests of women in Dada. She took a…
Jean Crotti, New York, c. 1915
Jean Crotti, 1915, Portrait of Marcel Duchamp (Sculpture made to measure), mixed media. Exhibited Montross Gallery 4–22 April 1916, New York City. Sculpture lost or destroyed. MoMA
Jean Crotti, 1915, Portrait of Marcel Duchamp (Sculpture made to measure), mixed media. Exhibited Montross Gallery 4–22 April 1916, New York City. Sculpture lost or destroyed
Jean Crotti, 1916, L'harmonie nait du chaos, gouache on cardboard, 58.3 x 47 cm