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Apolinère Enameled
Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
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 / Succession Marcel DuchampCuratorial Department:
European Painting
1950-134-73Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Made in United States, North and Central America
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 / Succession Marcel DuchampCuratorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 282, Modern and Contemporary Art, second 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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Provenance
Louise Arensberg (1879-1953) and Walter C. Arensberg (1878-1954), Los Angeles, by c. 1918 [1]. 1. Visible in a photo of the Arensbergs' New York apartment taken by Charles Sheeler c. 1918. The Arensbergs moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1921.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.