1907 – 1960
Age of Global Conflict

Dada
Duchamp and the Ready-Mades



Works by Marcel Duchamp discussed:
Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2), oil on canvas, 1912 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Bicycle Wheel, Metal wheel on wood stool, 1913, (replica after lost original, 1951), (MoMA)
In Advance of a Broken Arm, galvanized-iron snow shovel, 1915 (replica after lost original, 1964), (MoMA)
Fountain, porcelain urinal, 1917 (replica after lost original, 1951), (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Dr. Beth Harris

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cc wrote on Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Duchamp’s idea for ready-mades is to push the ideas

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Dada
New York, USA
ca. 1917

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