Apolinère Enameled
Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968
Date:
1916-1917Medium:
Gouache and graphite on painted tin, mounted on cardboardDimensions:
9 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches (24.4 x 34 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel DuchampCuratorial Department:
European Painting
1950-134-73Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
1916-1917Medium:
Gouache and graphite on painted tin, mounted on cardboardDimensions:
9 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches (24.4 x 34 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel DuchampCuratorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 182, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor (d’Harnoncourt Gallery)
Accession Number:1950-134-73Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Label:
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.
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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