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Francis Picabia, in an attempt to publish L.H.O.O.Q. in his magazine 391 could not wait for the work to be sent from New York City, so with the permission of Duchamp, drew the moustache on Mona Lisa himself (forgetting the goatee). Picabia wrote underneath "Tableau Dada par Marcel Duchamp".
Aug 19, 2018 · ‘L.H.O.O.Q, Mona Lisa with moustache’ was created in 1919 by Marcel Duchamp in Dada style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
L.H.O.O.Q. or La Joconde. Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887-1968) In 1919, Duchamp performed a seemingly adolescent prank using a postcard that represented the ideal of feminine beauty, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. He drew a mustache and goatee on her face and added the letters "L.H.O.O.Q."
Marcel Duchamp's scandalous L.H.O.O.Q is an altered postcard reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. For this "assisted" (which implied a degree of manipulation as opposed to the "unassisted") readymade, Duchamp penciled a moustache and a goatee over Mona Lisa's upper lip and chin, and re-titled the artwork.
- French
- July 28, 1887
- Normandy, France
- October 2, 1968
May 14, 2020 · Within this piece, Duchamp defaces a reproduction of one of the world’s most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa. Singulart takes a closer look at LHOOQ and the life of Marcel Duchamp. Who was Marcel Duchamp? Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was born in Blainville, Normandy in a family where all his siblings also became artists.
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5.3K. 16 9.9 (9) L.H.O.O.Q. (Mona Lisa) 1919. by Marcel Duchamp. L.H.O.O.Q. of Marcel Duchamp [br] First conceived in 1919, the work is one of what Duchamp referred to as readymades, or more specifically an assisted ready-made.
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Dec 15, 2021 · Detail. This masterpiece, La Joconde, is all about codes, reversals, play with conventions, and provocation. In other words, it’s an epitome of Dada and Marcel Duchamp ‘s entire oeuvre. Mona Lisa vs Dadaism. Marcel Duchamp, La Joconde/L.H.O.O.Q., 1919, Tate Modern, London, UK.
