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 Glass — composed 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)
$20,000
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 Very scarce 1960s collectors i...
Screen
$35,000
Marcel Duchamp - Rrose Sélavy in Wilson-Lincoln System Lenticular print Signed/N
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Duchamp and by Takiguchi Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp) in Wilson-Lincoln System (Schwarz, 344), 1967 Lenticular print on thin white board. Hand signed by Marcel Duchamp. Date,...
Plastic, Mixed Media, Board, Pencil, Lenticular
1967 Exhibition original poster by Marcel Duchamp - Ready mades - Dada -
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in PARIS, FR
Marcel Duchamp was one of the pioneers of Dada, a movement that challenged preconceived notions of what art should be and how it should be made. In the years leading up to World War I, Duchamp enjoyed success as a painter in Paris. But he soon abandoned painting almost entirely, explaining, "I was interested in ideas, not just visual products." Seeking an alternative to representing objects in paint, Duchamp began to present objects as art...
Paper, Lithograph
$7,196Sale Price|20% Off
Marcel Duchamp, Monte Carlo Bond, from XXe siecle, 1939
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), titled Bond de Monte-Carlo (Monte Carlo Bond), from the album XXe siecle, Chroniques du jour, 13 rue Valette (5e), Directeur ...
Lithograph
$685
H 33 in W 23 in D 0.05 in
Original "C'est un Hurricane" vintage bicycle pin-up style poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Hurricane Bicycle vintage poster. Archivally linen backed in mint condition 72-year-old poster, ready to frame. This is an original mid-century modern vintage Hurricane...
Lithograph
Marchand de Couleurs
By Man Ray
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled, Marchand de Couleurs, is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by American artist Man Ray, 1890-1976. It is hand signed and inscribed A.P (Artist Proof) in ...
Lithograph
$650
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.05 in
Original Spokane (WA.) Colorful Capital Fun Map vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Spokane (Washington), The Colorful Capital of the Inland Empire vintage travel fun map. Printed in 1971, this seldom if ever found original map is archival linen backed an...
Lithograph
$1,498
H 39 in W 24.5 in D 0.3 in
Original The French Riviera (Cote d'Azur) French Railways vintage travel poster
By Jules Cavailles
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the FRENCH RIVIERA FRENCH NATIONAL RAILROADS SNCF (French National Railways) - the French Riviera. (Cote D'Azur, known as the French Riviera) The image features people looking out towards a marina full of sailing boats. Colorful artwork by the French painter Jules Cavailles (1901-1977). Printed by Perceval, Paris in 1953. Mid-Century Modern. Grade A- This is the English version of the poster compared to the design created for Cote d'Azur. The English version is much rarer (both are rare today). The poster gives the impression of a naive painting at this Mediterranean beach and seaport. Step into a world of timeless elegance and sunlit dreams with this exquisite French Riviera Vintage...
Lithograph
$11,425
H 25.4 in W 16.15 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Atelier Mourlot. SIGNATURE : printed in the image LIMITED : 197 copies. SIZE : 64.5...
Lithograph
$5,000
H 26.75 in W 119.25 in
Clemente Untitled A: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean and animals
By Francesco Clemente
Located in New York, NY
A black and white, large-scale surreal mythical landscape of an ocean voyage, with a snake wrapped around a clock, female figure, greek urns, and an...
Lithograph
$1,080Sale Price|40% Off
H 21.66 in W 21.66 in D 1.58 in
Mathias en Cuernavaca Digital giclee art, Surrealist, Framed
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
Paper, Screen
$980Sale Price|45% Off
H 31 in W 31 in D 1.5 in
Códice Miguelito I Giclée Print, Surrealist Style, Framed, 2010+
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
PEDRO FRIEDEBERG, GRAPHIC, SURREALIST WORK, IMPORTANT MEXICAN ART, EXQUISITE FRAME . . . Artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg is known for his surrealist paintings, prints, and sculp...
Giclée
$750
H 20 in W 14 in
1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is untitled and depicts a portrait of a young woman in yellow, red and blue with a Maryan like quality to it. Published by Edition Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart They published...
Lithograph, Offset
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
H 34.65 in W 34.65 in D 1.58 in
Soles de Ninive Silkscreen Print, Surrealist Framed Art, 2014
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
PEDRO FRIEDEBERG, GRAPHIC, SURREALIST WORK, IMPORTANT MEXICAN ART, EXQUISITE FRAME . . . Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical ...
Serigraph
$750
H 13.75 in W 10 in D 0.07 in
Satirical “Lovesick” Signed and Numbered Offset Lithograph
By George Grosz
Located in San Francisco, CA
You have to love the irony in this etching’s unexpected title "Lovesick" (or Liebeskrank in German). The work was originally created by George Grosz in 1916 and is a quintessential e...
Offset
$6,820
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in
Crowning of a Satyr, Contemporary Screen Print with Gold Leaf, 2010
By Chris Ofili
Located in London, GB
Edition of 125 40 colour screenprint with hand applied 24-carat gold leaf on Somerset Tub Sized Satin White 410gsm. 76 x 60 cm (29.9 x 23.6 in) Signed and dated by the artist Chris...
Gold Leaf
1947 original engraving by Marcel Duchamp - Coffee Mill
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in PARIS, FR
This rare 1947 original engraving, Coffee Mill, by Marcel Duchamp is a profound example of his conceptual approach to mechanical imagery and Dada aesthetics. Signed by the artist and...
Paper, Engraving
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H 34.5 in W 27 in
"Poster within Poster" Marcel Duchamp, Green Wanted Poster, Dada, Conceptual
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Duchamp Poster within Poster, 1963 Poster 34 1/2 x 27 inches Provenance Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025. Born in Blainville, Normandy, Duchamp hailed from a family w...
Color
Monte Carlo Bond from XXe Siecle No. 4
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marcel Duchamp Title: Monte Carlo Bond Portfolio: XXe Siecle No. 4 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1938 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19 3/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 12 5/8" x 9 1/4...
Lithograph
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H 37.5 in W 25 in
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...
Parchment Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen
The Oculist Witnesses poster
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
This poster features a photograph, taken by Richard Hamilton, of Marcel Duchamp signing “The Oculist Witnesses” 1967 glass. The poster is an offs...
Foil
The Oculist Witnesses poster
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
This poster features a photograph, taken by Richard Hamilton, of Marcel Duchamp signing “The Oculist Witnesses” 1967 glass. The poster is an offs...
Foil
The Oculist Witnesses poster
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
This poster features a photograph, taken by Richard Hamilton, of Marcel Duchamp signing “The Oculist Witnesses” 1967 glass. The poster is an offs...
Foil
Rebus - 1960s - Marcel Duchamp - Etching - Contemporary
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 60 prints, hand numbered and signed by the Artist. The work shows some of the most iconic images of Duchamp, and is in excellent conditions. Image Dimensions : 1...
Etching
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H 46 in W 33 in D 1.25 in
Dada: 1916-1923, Sidney Janis, 15 East 57, New York, April 15 to May 9, 1953
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned Edition: Unknown Provenance: Published by Sidney Janis, New York A very important exhibition poster documents one of the first DADA exhibitio...
Lithograph
Renvoi Miroirique / Mirrorical return
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in London, GB
MARCEL DUCHAMP 1887 - 1968 Blainville 1887 - 1968 Neuilly-sur-Seine (French) Title: Renvoi Miroirique / Mirrorical Return, 1964 Technique: Original Hand Singed and Numbered E...
Lithograph