Marcel Duchamp implying that the woman in the painting is in a state of sexual excitement and availability. It may also have been intended as a Freudian joke, referring to Leonardo da Vinci's alleged homosexuality. Duchamp gave a "loose" translation of L.H.O.O.Q. as "there is fire down below" in a late interview with Arturo Schwarz. According to Rhonda Roland Shearer, the apparent "Mona Lisa" reproduction is in fact a copy modeled partly on Duchamp's own face. Research published by Shearer also speculates that Duchamp himself may have created some of the objects which he claimed to be "found objects". Duchamp worked on
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