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Marcel Duchamp Abstract Prints

French, 1887-1968

Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. His output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art. Duchamp advised modern art collectors such as Peggy Guggenheim and other prominent figures, thereby helping to shape the tastes of Western art during this period.

A playful man, Duchamp challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much by writing but through subversive actions such as dubbing a urinal "art" and naming it Fountain. He produced relatively few artworks, while moving quickly through the avant-garde circles of his time.

“All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act,” said Duchamp.

Born on July 28, 1887, in Blainville, brother of the artist Raymond Duchamp-Villon and the painter Jacques Villon, Duchamp began to paint in 1908. After producing several canvases in the current mode of Fauvism, he turned toward experimentation and the avant-garde, producing his most famous work, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) in 1912. Portraying continuous movement through a chain of overlapping Cubistic figures, the painting caused a furor at New York City's famous “Armory Show” in 1913.

Duchamp painted very little after 1915, although he continued until 1923 to work on his masterpiece, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, an abstract work, also known as The Large Glasscomposed in oil and wire on glass — that was enthusiastically received by the Surrealists.

In sculpture, Duchamp pioneered two of the main innovations of the 20th-century kinetic art and ready-made art. His "ready-mades" consisted simply of everyday objects, such as a urinal and a bottle rack. His Bicycle Wheel, an early example of kinetic art, was mounted on a kitchen stool.

After his short creative period, Duchamp was content to let others develop the themes he had originated; his pervasive influence was crucial to the development of Surrealism, Dada and Pop art.

Duchamp became an American citizen in 1955. He died in Paris on October 1, 1968.

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(Biography provided by David Barnett Gallery)

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Artist: Marcel Duchamp
Hommage a Caissa (for the Marcel Duchamp Fund of the American Chess Foundation)
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Duchamp Hommage a Caissa (for the Marcel Duchamp Fund of the American Chess Foundation), 1966 Silkscreen Poster with Gold Matting Frame included Measurements: Framed: 26.25 x...
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1960s Dada Marcel Duchamp Abstract Prints

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DADA historic Sidney Janis gallery mixed media, mid century designed by Duchamp
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
MARCEL DUCHAMP DADA, 1953 (Schwarz 543) Original Limited Edition Lithograph and Screenprint on Parchment Paper Designed by Duchamp and published by Sidney Janis Gallery Unframed and...
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Parchment Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen

Coeurs Volants (Fluttering Hearts) (Schwartz 446C) iconic hand signed edition
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Duchamp Coeurs Volants (Fluttering Hearts) (Schwartz 446C), 1961 Silkscreen in colors Hand signed in ball-point pen by Marcel Duchamp and annotated with the dateline "Stockhol...
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1960s Dada Marcel Duchamp Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil

Morceaux choisis d'après Ingres, I
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this etching and aquatint on Japon nacré. Schwarz's state a (of c). The deluxe edition of 30 on Japon nacré, aside from the edition of 150. Signed and numbe...
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1960s Dada Marcel Duchamp Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp) in Wilson-Lincoln System (Schwarz, 344)
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Duchamp Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp) in Wilson-Lincoln System (Schwarz, 344), 1967 Lenticular print on thin white board. Hand signed by Marcel Duc...
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Ready-Mades Et Editions De Et Sur Marcel Duchamps Galerie Givaudan
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Poster for the exhibition Editions de se sur Marcel Duchamp. One of 400 copies with title and date of exhibition, of a total edition of 500. Unsigned. Schwarz, Ref: Catalogue Rainsonne 396 Marcel Duchamp was born July 28, 1887, in France. After the sensation caused by Nude Descending a...
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