L.H.O.O.Q. a late interview (Schwarz 203), Duchamp gives a loose translation of "L.H.O.O.Q." as "there is fire down below". Francis Picabia, in an attempt to publish "L.H.O.O.Q." in his magazine 391 could not wait for the work to be sent from New York City, so with the permission of Duchamp, drew the moustache on Mona Lisa himself (forgetting the goatee). Picabia wrote underneath "Tableau Dada par Marcel Duchamp". Duchamp noticed the missing goatee. Two decades later, Duchamp corrected the omission on Picabia's replica, found by Jean Arp at a bookstore. Duchamp drew the goatee in black ink with a fountain pen,
Marcel Duchamp When he returned to Paris after World War I, Duchamp did not participate in the Dada group. "Readymades" were found objects which Duchamp chose and presented as art. In 1913, Duchamp installed a "Bicycle Wheel" in his studio. However, the idea of "Readymades" did not fully develop until 1915. The idea was to question the very notion of Art, and the adoration of art, which Duchamp found "unnecessary". "Bottle Rack" (1914), a bottle drying rack signed by Duchamp, is considered to be the first "pure" readymade. "Prelude to a Broken Arm" (1915), a snow shovel, also called "In Advance of