Bottle Rack

E201411

Bottle Rack is a pioneering readymade sculpture by Marcel Duchamp that helped redefine the boundaries of art by presenting an ordinary mass-produced object as an artwork.

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Bottle Rack canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conceptual artwork
readymade sculpture
sculpture
alsoKnownAs Bottle Dryer
Hérisson
artHistoricalStatus canonical Duchamp readymade
iconic work of modern art
artist Marcel Duchamp
artisticConcept elevation of ordinary object to artwork by artist’s choice
emphasis on idea over craftsmanship
artMovement Conceptual art
associatedWith anti-art
avant-garde art
category 20th-century sculpture
countryOfOrigin France
creator Marcel Duchamp
curatorialTheme readymades and objecthood
displayContext art museum
gallery
fabrication industrial mass production
functionOfOriginalObject drying bottles
genre readymade
influenced development of readymade tradition
later conceptual artists
influencedBy emerging Dada ideas
inscription none
languageOfAlternateName French
madeFrom mass-produced bottle-drying rack
materialUsed metal
movement Dada
originalLanguageTitle French
period early 20th century
philosophicalTheme critique of aesthetic taste
questioning authorship and originality
productionMethod appropriation of manufactured object
reception controversial at time of introduction
highly influential in contemporary art theory
relatedWork Bicycle Wheel
Fountain
In Advance of the Broken Arm
signedByArtist no
significance challenged traditional definitions of art
early example of Duchamp readymade
helped redefine boundaries between art and everyday objects
subjectMatter utilitarian household object
usesFoundObject true
yearOfCreation 1914

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Marcel Duchamp notableWork Bottle Rack