Apolinère Enameled

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Apolinère Enameled

1916-1917

Attributed to Marcel Duchamp (American (born France), 1887–1968)

Duchamp added pencil, paint, and cardboard to a painted tin advertisement for Sapolin enamel, an industrial paint, to create this “assisted” readymade. The sign’s manipulated lettering, a pun on the name of his friend Guillaume Apollinaire, the French writer and art critic, wryly calls attention to the readymade’s implicit critique of traditional painting.

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Object Details

Title:

Apolinère Enameled

Date:

1916-1917

Artist:

Attributed to Marcel Duchamp (American (born France), 1887–1968)

Medium:

Gouache and graphite on painted tin, mounted on cardboard

Dimensions:

9 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches (24.4 x 34 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-134-73

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

Provenance

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