Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968

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Dates:
Birth 1887-07-28
Death 1968-10-02
Americans,
French,

Biographical notes:

French-American artist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to John Rewald, 1956 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870696

French painter.

From the description of Marcel Duchamp letters, 1943-1963. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79260805

Painter and sculptor.

Born in France, Duchamp exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913 and came to the U.S. in 1915, staying with art patrons Walter and Louise Arensburg. During the First World War, he worked with the Dada group in New York. Duchamp became a U.S. citizen in 1955.

From the description of Marcel Duchamp scrapbooks, 1916-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118448

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Subjects:

  • Art, Modern
  • Aleatory music
  • Art
  • Art
  • Arts, French
  • Dadaism
  • Music
  • Painters
  • Quintets (Celesta, flute, trombone, percussion (2))
  • Sculptors

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  • Artists
  • Photographers

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