L.H.O.O.Q. and wrote "Moustache par Picabia / barbiche par Marcel Duchamp / avril 1942". As was the case with a number of his readymades, Duchamp made multiple versions of "L.H.O.O.Q." of differing sizes and in different media throughout his career, one of which, an unmodified black and white reproduction of the "Mona Lisa" mounted on card, is called "L.H.O.O.Q. Shaved". The masculinized female introduces the theme of gender reversal, which was popular with Duchamp, who adopted his own female pseudonym, Rrose Sélavy, pronounced "Eros, c'est la vie" ("Eros, that's life"). Primary responses to "L.H.O.O.Q." interpreted its meaning as being an attack
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