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''Rongwrong'' was a
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''Rongwrong'' was a New York Dada
New York Dada was a regionalized extension of Dada, an artistic and cultural movement between the years 1913 and 1923. Usually considered to have been instigated by Marcel Duchamp's ''Fountain (Duchamp), Fountain'' exhibited at the first exhibitio ...
ist magazine of which one issue was published in May 1917. The magazine was co-created and edited by Marcel Duchamp
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, Futurism and conceptual art. He is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Pica ...
, Henri-Pierre Roché, and Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited '' The Blind Man'' and '' Rongwrong'' magazines in New York City with French ...
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History
In May 1917, Henri-Pierre Roché played and lost a chess game againstFrancis Picabia
Francis Picabia (: born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22January 1879 – 30November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typography, typographist closely associated with Dada.
When consid ...
over which the two had wagered the continuation of their respective New York-based Dadaist magazines (Roché's '' The Blind Man'' and Picabia's ''391''). Forced to discontinue ''The Blind Man'' as a result of his losing the chess match, Roché launched ''Rongwrong'' alongside co-editors Marcel Duchamp
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, Futurism and conceptual art. He is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Pica ...
and Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited '' The Blind Man'' and '' Rongwrong'' magazines in New York City with French ...
, and published just one issue of the magazine. Duchamp had wanted to name the magazine "Wrongwrong", but the title was misprinted as "Rongwrong", and in true Dada fashion they accepted the mistake as the official title of their magazine.
The one issue of ''Rongwrong'' included contributions by:
* Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia (: born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22January 1879 – 30November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typography, typographist closely associated with Dada.
When consid ...
(poem titled "Plafonds Creux")
* Marquis de la Torre (poem titled "Une Nuit Chinoise a New York")
* Edith Clifford Williams (image of her tactile sculpture titled "Plâtre à toucher chez de Zayas")
* Carl Van Vechten
Carl Van Vechten (; June 17, 1880December 21, 1964) was an American writer and Fine-art photography, artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary estate, literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame ...
(comedic dialogue titled "Rondes de Printemps", taking place between two characters named Elle and Lui; essay titled "Pour Amuser Rich")
* John Covert (painting titled "Temptation of St. Anthony")
* Henry J. Vernot (poem titled "À Cette Heure-La...")
* Bob Brown
Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is an Australian former politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a Australian Senate, senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian ...
(quote, "A man is judged by the money he keeps")
* Allen Norton (quote, "Men may come and men may go//But women go on forever.")
* H.F. (pair of poems, one visual and one written, titled "Portrait de M. et R. ensemble")
* Michio Itō (program of nine dances accompanied by brief descriptions; illustration of his pictorial muse Miss Tulle Lindahl)
''Rongwrong'' also included the following works produced by the editors:
* A letter signed "Marcel Douxami" and dated May 5, 1917, in which the author (presumably Marcel Duchamp and friends, using a humorous pseudonym) insults Picabia and muses about mechanical metaphors and double meanings present in Duchamp's previous works, including The Green Box and The Large Glass.{{Cite book, last=Gervais, first=André, url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16047150, title=La raie alitée d'effets: apropos of Marcel Duchamp, date=1984, publisher=Hurtubise HMH, isbn=2-89045-629-3, location=LaSalle, Québec, pages=, oclc=16047150
* The chess game between Roché and Picabia that resulted in the discontinuation of ''The Blind Man.''
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Magazines established in 1917 Magazines disestablished in 1917 Defunct magazines published in New York City Dada Defunct literary magazines published in the United States Defunct visual arts magazines published in the United States