Readymades of Marcel Duchamp not the true "Mona Lisa", but Duchamp's own slightly-different version that he modelled partly after himself. The inference of Shearer's viewpoint is that Duchamp was creating an even larger joke than he admitted. Readymades of Marcel Duchamp The readymades of Marcel Duchamp are ordinary manufactured objects that the artist selected and modified, as an antidote to what he called "retinal art". By simply choosing the object (or objects) and repositioning or joining, titling and signing it, the Found object became art. Duchamp was not interested in what he called "retinal art" — art that was only visual — and sought
De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise) De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise) de ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La Boîte-en-valise) ("Valise" or box in a suitcase) is a series of reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp conceived by the artist himself. A work of art in itself, the first "Valise" was made in 1936 and presented in 1941. Launched in 1936 and sold from 1941 by subscription in the United States, the box-in-a-suitcase is based on the idea of the condensed universe of the and a cabinet of curiosities as a portable museum. The work consists of a brown leather