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Title	Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette, perfume bottle in case (left) and exterior of case (right).
Translated Title	Beautiful Breath, Veil Water.
Creator	Duchamp, Marcel (French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-1968)
Date	1921
Cultural Context	French European Western European
Style/Period	Dada Modern (styles and periods) Modernist
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Ready-mades Found objects Avant-garde Perfume bottles Bottles Containers (receptacles) Cases (containers) Boxes (containers) Stoppers (container components) Perfume (scent) Cosmetics Industry (economic concept) Labels (identifying artifacts) Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Men (male humans) Artists Portraits Self-portraits
Subject	Sculpture Bottles Containers Boxes Perfumes Cosmetics Cosmetics industry Industry Commercialism Grooming Hygiene Puns (Visual works) Labels Men Artists Portraits Self-portraits Female impersonators Cross dressing
Description	Assisted Readymade: perfume bottle with label, in a conforming case.
People Pictured	Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
Material	Found objects Mixed media
Measurements	16.3 x 11.2 cm
Inscription	Text on perfume bottle label: BELLE HALEINE / Eau de Voilette / RS [with the R written backwards] / NEW YORK / PARIS; Text on case: Rrose Selavy / 1921.
Work Type	Sculpture Ready-mades Found objects
Repository	Private collection (Paris, France)
Source	Moure, Gloria. Marcel Duchamp. New York: Rizzolo, 1988. (pl.100).
Rights	Photograph reproduced in Moure courtesy: © 1988 Ediciones Polígrafa, S. A. Reproduction rights A.D.A.G.P., Paris - L.A.R.A., S. A., Madrid.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 533-15.jpg
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