The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917)
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The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) is a landmark Dada art journal issue best known for publishing and defending Marcel Duchamp’s controversial readymade sculpture Fountain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Blind Man, No. 2 | 1 |
| The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) Context triple: [Fountain, subjectOf, The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917)]
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A.
The Blind Girl
The Blind Girl is a celebrated 1856 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, depicting two roadside beggar girls and exploring themes of disability, perception, and the natural world.
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B.
Headlong
Headlong is a comic novel by Michael Frayn in which a hapless philosopher becomes obsessed with a possibly undiscovered Bruegel painting, blending farce with art-historical intrigue.
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C.
Blansky's Beauties
Blansky's Beauties is a short-lived 1970s American sitcom set in Las Vegas that followed a showbiz talent agent and her troupe of showgirls, created as a spin-off from Happy Days.
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D.
The Cameraman
The Cameraman is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton as a clumsy tintype photographer who tries to become a newsreel cameraman to impress a woman.
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E.
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields is a 2001 drama film in which Andy García plays a struggling writer who becomes a high-end escort, leading to complex moral and personal entanglements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) Target entity description: The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) is a landmark Dada art journal issue best known for publishing and defending Marcel Duchamp’s controversial readymade sculpture Fountain.
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A.
The Blind Girl
The Blind Girl is a celebrated 1856 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, depicting two roadside beggar girls and exploring themes of disability, perception, and the natural world.
-
B.
Headlong
Headlong is a comic novel by Michael Frayn in which a hapless philosopher becomes obsessed with a possibly undiscovered Bruegel painting, blending farce with art-historical intrigue.
-
C.
Blansky's Beauties
Blansky's Beauties is a short-lived 1970s American sitcom set in Las Vegas that followed a showbiz talent agent and her troupe of showgirls, created as a spin-off from Happy Days.
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D.
The Cameraman
The Cameraman is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton as a clumsy tintype photographer who tries to become a newsreel cameraman to impress a woman.
-
E.
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields is a 2001 drama film in which Andy García plays a struggling writer who becomes a high-end escort, leading to complex moral and personal entanglements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dada publication
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art journal issue ⓘ magazine issue ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Fountain ⓘ |
| audience |
art-world insiders
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avant-garde artists and writers ⓘ |
| circulation | limited ⓘ |
| cityOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| controversy | debate over the artistic status of Fountain ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| format | periodical ⓘ |
| genre |
art criticism
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avant-garde magazine ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
New York Dada
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World War I era avant-garde ⓘ |
| influenced |
interpretations of Duchamp’s readymades
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later discourse on conceptual art ⓘ |
| issueNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a landmark Dada art journal issue
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defending Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain ⓘ publishing Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| movement | Dada ⓘ |
| movementRole | key document of New York Dada ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
early defense of the readymade concept
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shaping reception of Duchamp’s Fountain ⓘ |
| publicationType | little magazine ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| publisher | The Blind Man ⓘ |
| series | The Blind Man ⓘ |
| status | historically significant Dada document ⓘ |
| subject |
art institutions and juries
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conceptual art precursors ⓘ readymade art ⓘ |
| theme |
challenge to traditional definitions of art
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critique of art juries and exhibitions ⓘ |
| title |
The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Blind Man, No. 2
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Subject: The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) Description of subject: The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) is a landmark Dada art journal issue best known for publishing and defending Marcel Duchamp’s controversial readymade sculpture Fountain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fountain
this entity surface form:
The Blind Man, No. 2