In Advance of the Broken Arm
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In Advance of the Broken Arm is a 1915 readymade artwork by Marcel Duchamp consisting of an ordinary snow shovel presented as art, challenging traditional notions of artistic creation and authorship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| In Advance of the Broken Arm canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
readymade artwork
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sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | visual art ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
banality of everyday objects
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irony ⓘ provocation ⓘ |
| artworkType | found object ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| creatorRole | artist ⓘ |
| depicts | snow shovel ⓘ |
| describedBySource | art history literature ⓘ |
| displayFormat | single object displayed as sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasEdition | multiple versions ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
influencing conceptual art
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influencing later avant-garde movements ⓘ questioning the role of the artist’s hand in art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
conceptual artists
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minimalist artists ⓘ |
| hasPart |
metal shovel blade
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wooden handle ⓘ |
| hasTitleType | punning title ⓘ |
| inception | 1915 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | New York City ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
artistic authorship
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definition of art ⓘ everyday objects in art ⓘ readymade ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
metal
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snow shovel ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| movement | Dada ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest readymades
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challenging traditional notions of artistic creation ⓘ use of an ordinary snow shovel as art ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Marcel Duchamp’s series of readymades ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Bicycle Wheel
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Bottle Rack ⓘ Fountain ⓘ |
| significance |
key work in the history of readymades
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milestone in the development of conceptual art ⓘ |
| title | In Advance of the Broken Arm self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.