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Belle Haleine, Eau De Voilette
''Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette'' (''Beautiful Breath, Veil Water'') is a work of art by Marcel Duchamp, with the assistance of Man Ray. First conceived in 1920, created spring of 1921, ''Belle Haleine'' is one of the Readymades of Marcel Duchamp, or more specifically a rectified ready-made.''Belle Haleine eau de Voilette or Beautiful Breath: Veil Water'' The Marcel Duchamp Studies Online Journal, tout fait.comMarcel Duchamp, ''L.H.O.O.Q. or La Joconde'', 1964 (replica of 1919 original) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Duchamp (Rrose Selavy), Man Ray, 1920-21, Belle Haleine, Eau De Voilette
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. He is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. He has had an immense impact on 20th- and 21st-century art, and a seminal influence on the development of conceptual art. By the time of World War I, he had rejected the work of many of his fellow artists (such as Henri Matisse) as "retinal", intended only to please the eye. Instead, he wanted to use art to serve the mind. Early life and education Duchamp was born at Blainville-Crevon in Normandy, France, to Eugène Duchamp and Lucie Duchamp (formerly Lucie Nicolle) and grew up in a family that enjoyed cultural activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
