DADA · ARTIST

Marcel Duchamp

1887–1968 · French · Dada
The readymade
Marcel Duchamp

Duchamp signed a urinal, called it sculpture, and reset what art could be. By choosing an object instead of making one, he moved the act of art from the hand to the idea, and the whole century followed him.

Featured works
Fountain
Fountain
1917
L.H.O.O.Q.
L.H.O.O.Q.
1919
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