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Marcel Duchamp

(1887—1968) French-born artist

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Duchamp, Marcel

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World Encyclopedia

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A radical art theorist, his Nude Descending a Staircase outraged visitors to the Armory Show. He produced few paintings,

Duchamp, Marcel

Duchamp, Marcel (28 July 1887)   Reference library

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

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(b Blainville, Normandy, 28 July 1887; d Neuilly-sur-Seine, 2 Oct 1968),

French painter, sculptor

Duchamp, Marcel

Duchamp, Marcel (1887–1968)   Reference library

The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

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(1887–1968).

French artist who originated the objet trouvé and was associated with successive avant‐garde movements. Apollinaire included him

Duchamp, Marcel

Duchamp, Marcel (1887–1968)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Western Art

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(1887–1968).

French artist, widely acknowledged as one of the most important and influential avant-garde theorists of the first

Duchamp, Marcel

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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

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French painter and sculptor and a leading influence on anti-art movements in the USA.

Born into a family of artists, ...

Duchamp, Marcel

Duchamp, Marcel (1887–1968)   Reference library

Molly Rogers

The Oxford Companion to the Photograph

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and leading figure of the early 20th‐century avant‐garde. An interest in optics informed much of his work, with chronophotography,

Duchamp, Marcel

Duchamp, Marcel   Reference library

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics

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To explain the work and influence of the twentieth-century artist Marcel Duchamp, this entry comprises two essays: Survey of Art

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