Bicycle Wheel

E201410

Bicycle Wheel is a pioneering readymade artwork by Marcel Duchamp that consists of a bicycle wheel mounted on a stool, challenging traditional notions of art and authorship.

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Label Occurrences
Bicycle Wheel canonical 4
Roue de bicyclette 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf readymade artwork
sculpture
artForm conceptual art
artisticFunction anti-retinal art
author Marcel Duchamp
collection Israel Museum
surface form: Israel Museum (reconstruction)

Museum of Modern Art
surface form: Museum of Modern Art (reconstruction)
countryOfOrigin France
creator Marcel Duchamp
creatorNationality French
describedAs first readymade by Marcel Duchamp
pioneering readymade artwork
exhibitedIn various 20th-century modern art exhibitions
genre Dada
hasConcept appropriation of everyday objects
artist’s choice as creative act
redefinition of art object
hasPart front bicycle wheel
stool
hasType assemblage
inception 1913
influenced conceptual art movement
later readymade artworks
locationOfCreation Paris
materialUsed bicycle wheel
wooden stool
movement Dada
movementAssociatedWithCreator Dada
notableCharacteristic combines everyday manufactured objects
invites viewer interaction through spinning wheel
lacks traditional craftsmanship
originalLanguageTitle Bicycle Wheel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roue de bicyclette
partOfSeries Duchamp readymades
purpose to challenge traditional notions of art
to question authorship in art
relatedWork Bottle Rack
Fountain
In Advance of the Broken Arm
significantEvent reconstructed multiple times by Duchamp
subjectOf art historical analysis
conceptual art theory discussions
title Bicycle Wheel self-link

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Marcel Duchamp notableWork Bicycle Wheel
Bicycle Wheel title Bicycle Wheel self-link
Bicycle Wheel originalLanguageTitle Bicycle Wheel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roue de bicyclette
Bottle Rack relatedWork Bicycle Wheel