Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette, perfume bottle in case (left) and exterior of case (right).
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
Subject
Bottles Boxes Perfumes 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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