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Parodies of Duchamp's parodic Mona Lisa Pre-Internet era. Salvador Dalí created his Self Portrait as Mona Lisa in 1954, referencing L.H.O.O.Q. in collaboration with Philippe Halsman. This work incorporated photographs of a wild-eyed Dalí showing his handlebar moustache and a handful of coins.
In 1919, Marcel Duchamp, one of the most influential Dadaists, made a Mona Lisa parody by adorning a cheap reproduction with a moustache and a goatee, as well as adding the rude inscription L.H.O.O.Q., when read out loud in French sounds like "Elle a chaud au cul" (translating to "she has a hot arse" as a manner of implying the woman in the ...
Nov 12, 2023 · 1. “Mona Lisa with a Mustache” by Marcel Duchamp (1919) How it Works: Duchamp added a mustache and goatee to a postcard of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” Target: The original “Mona Lisa” and the reverence for classical art. Implied Criticism: Challenges the sanctity and untouchable status of famous artworks, questioning what constitutes art. 2.
- L.H.O.O.Q. In 1919, Duchamp made a parody of the Mona Lisa by adorning a cheap reproduction of the painting with a mustache and goatee. To this, he added the inscription L.H.O.O.Q., a phonetic game which, when quickly read out loud in French, sounds like “Elle a chaud au cul”.
- Fountain. Fountain is a porcelain urinal, which was signed “R. Mutt” and titled Fountain. Submitted for the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, in 1917, the first annual exhibition by the Society to be staged at The Grand Central Palace in New York, Fountain was rejected by the committee, even though the rules stated that all works would be accepted from artists who paid the fee.
- Bicycle Wheel. Bicycle Wheel consists of a bicycle fork with its front wheel mounted upside-down on a wooden stool. In 1913, at his Paris studio, Duchamp mounted the bicycle wheel upside-down onto a stool, spinning it occasionally just to watch it.
- Bottle Rack. Marcel Duchamp claimed to have bought the bottle rack featured in Bottle Rack at a department store called Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville near the Paris city hall.
Duchamp's parody of Mona Lisa was itself parodied by Francis Picabia in 1942, annotated Tableau Dada Par Marcel Duchamp ("Dadaist Scene for Marcel Duchamp"), another example of second-generation interpretations of Mona Lisa.
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."
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L.H.O.O.Q., a cheap postcard-sized reproduction of the Mona Lisa,upon which Duchamp drew a mustache and a goatee. The “readymade” done in 1919, is one of the most well known act of degrading a famous work of art.
