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The work is one of what Duchamp called [[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymades]]. Pioneered by him, the [[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymade]] involves taking mundane, often utilitarian objects not generally considered to be art and transforming them (by adding to them, changing them, or (as in the case of his most famous work [[Fountain (Duchamp)|Fountain]]) simply renaming them and placing them in a gallery setting. In ''L.H.O.O.Q.'' the objet trouvé (found object) is a cheap postcard reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's [[La Gioconda]] onto which Duchamp drew a mustache and beard in pencil and appended the title. |
The work is one of what Duchamp called [[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymades]]. Pioneered by him, the [[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymade]] involves taking mundane, often utilitarian objects not generally considered to be art and transforming them (by adding to them, changing them, or (as in the case of his most famous work [[Fountain (Duchamp)|Fountain]]) simply renaming them and placing them in a gallery setting. In ''L.H.O.O.Q.'' the objet trouvé (found object) is a cheap postcard reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's [[La Gioconda]] onto which Duchamp drew a mustache and beard in pencil and appended the title. |
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The name of the piece, ''L.H.O.O.Q.'', is a [[pun]] in French, since the letters when pronounced seem to form the sentence, "Elle a chaud au cul." In a late interview (Schwarz 203) Duchamp gave a loose translation of L.H.O.O.Q. as "there is fire down below" (in fact the slang term "avoir chaud au cul" which might be translated as "to be horny"). |
The name of the piece, ''L.H.O.O.Q.'', is a [[pun]] in French, since the letters when pronounced seem to form the sentence, "Elle a chaud au cul" which might be translated to "she has a hot ass." In a late interview (Schwarz 203) Duchamp gave a loose translation of L.H.O.O.Q. as "there is fire down below" (in fact the slang term "avoir chaud au cul" which might be translated as "to be horny"). |
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Like 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''. |
Like 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''. |
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Revision as of 23:17, 17 February 2008
L.H.O.O.Q. is a work of art by Marcel Duchamp first designed in 1919.
The work is one of what Duchamp called readymades. Pioneered by him, the readymade involves taking mundane, often utilitarian objects not generally considered to be art and transforming them (by adding to them, changing them, or (as in the case of his most famous work Fountain) simply renaming them and placing them in a gallery setting. In L.H.O.O.Q. the objet trouvé (found object) is a cheap postcard reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's La Gioconda onto which Duchamp drew a mustache and beard in pencil and appended the title.
The name of the piece, L.H.O.O.Q., is a pun in French, since the letters when pronounced seem to form the sentence, "Elle a chaud au cul" which might be translated to "she has a hot ass." In a late interview (Schwarz 203) Duchamp gave a loose translation of L.H.O.O.Q. as "there is fire down below" (in fact the slang term "avoir chaud au cul" which might be translated as "to be horny").
Like 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.
Versions
- 1918 - Private collection, Paris, on loan to the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
- 1920 - Present location unknown.
- 1930 - Large scale replica, private collection, Paris
- 1940 - A color reproduction made from the original. It was stolen in 1981 and has not been recovered.
- 1958 - Collection of Antoni Tapies, Barcelona.
- 1960 - Oil on wood. In the collection of Dorothea Tanning, New York.
- 1964 - Thirty-eight replicas made to be inserted into a limited edition of Pierre de Massot's Marcel Duchamp, propos et souvenirs. Collection of Arturo Schwarz, Milan.
- 1965 - L.H.O.O.Q. Shaved is a playing card reproduction of the Mona Lisa mounted on paper. The Mona Lisa painting is unmodified but for the inscription LHOOQ rasée.