Celebrate Marcel Duchamp’s birthday today with a closer look at his readymade, “Bottle Dryer (Bottlerack)” (1963, replica of 1914 original), with Curatorial Associate Dane Reeb. Explore “Bottle Dryer (Bottlerack”), on view in our modern art wing! __ Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887–1968), Bottle Dryer (Bottlerack), 1963 (replica of 1914 original), readymade bottle-dryer of galvanized iron, Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mr. Irving Blum, in memory of the Artist, © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Pa

Born #onthisday in 1887, Marcel Duchamp made “Bicycle wheel”, 1913/1951, as his first readymade – a class of objects he invented to challenge assumptions about what constitutes a work of art. See it on display in MoMA at NGV: http://bit.ly/2AGDa6Y Marcel Duchamp American, born France 1887–1968 Bicycle wheel 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913) The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1967 © Succession Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copy

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