Although he began as a painter, Duchamp came to prioritize concepts and ideas over visualizations. This led him to abandon traditional forms of expression and develop approaches that subordinated the visual to the conceptual.
Indeed, his “readymade” sculptures subverted the ordinary representational nature of art insofar as they did not depict anything; rather, they were, themselves, ordinary objects. This is exemplified in his 1917, “Fountain,” which was a urinal inscribed with the signature “R. Mutt.” Rather than being a representation of a urinal, “Fountain” is simply a urinal.
Duchamp argued that its status as art was a function of the dignity he imparted to the object, not its representational or aesthetic qualities. Because he rejected traditional bourgeois aesthetics, he described his work as “anti-art.” In this regard, Marcel Duchamp influenced the development of Dada. Read Less
Marcel Duchamp
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Marcel Duchamp was an avant-garde sculptor whose “readymade” installations pushed the boundaries of traditional aesthetics and challenged ordinary conceptions of the nature of art.
Although he began as a painter, Duchamp came to prioritize concepts and ideas over visualizations. This led him to abandon traditional forms of expression and develop approaches that subordinated the visual to the conceptual.
Indeed, his “readymade” sculptures subverted the ordinary representational nature of art insofar as they did not depict anything; rather, they were, themselves, ordinary objects. This is exemplified in his 1917, “Fountain,” which was a urinal inscribed with the signature “R. Mutt.” Rather than being a representation of a urinal, “Fountain” is simply a urinal.
Duchamp argued that its status as art was a function of the dignity he imparted to the object, not its representational or aesthetic qualities. Because he rej Read More
Indeed, his “readymade” sculptures subverted the ordinary representational nature of art insofar as they did not depict anything; rather, they were, themselves, ordinary objects. This is exemplified in his 1917, “Fountain,” which was a urinal inscribed with the signature “R. Mutt.” Rather than being a representation of a urinal, “Fountain” is simply a urinal.
Duchamp argued that its status as art was a function of the dignity he imparted to the object, not its representational or aesthetic qualities. Because he rej Read More
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Marcel Duchamp
La Mariée (The Bride), 1934
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Fernandez Arman
Colere de Paganini / Paganini's Anger,2004
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
EUR 14,500
Fernandez Arman
Paintbrushes,1990
Sculpture / Object
Assemblage
EUR 14,500
Fernandez Arman
Shortened Trip,
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
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Sonia Delaunay
Gravure I,1970
Limited Edition Print
Etching
USD 2,500
Sonia Delaunay
Totem,1970
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
EUR 4,850
Sonia Delaunay
Helice Olympie,1970
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 5,500
Frank Stella
Frank Stella Union (from Eccentric Polygons), 1974
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
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Frank Stella
Sanbornville, 1974
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
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Frank Stella
Quathlamba I, 1968
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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Frank Stella
Sinjerli Variation Ia, 1977
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
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