In French there is an old expression, 'la patte', meaning the artist's touch, his personal style, his 'paw'. I wanted to get away from la patte and a… - Marcel Duchamp

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In French there is an old expression, 'la patte', meaning the artist's touch, his personal style, his 'paw'. I wanted to get away from la patte and all that retinal painting.

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About Marcel Duchamp

Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp 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 was the first artist creating 'ready-made' in modern art.

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Alternative Names: Henri Robert Marcel Duchamp Rrose Sélavy R. Mutt Rose Sélavy Marcel Duchamp-Villon Marsel Dushan Duxiang Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp Marcel Duchamp- Villon Rrose Selavy Rose Selavy
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