Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage
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Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage is a late, enigmatic installation artwork by Marcel Duchamp featuring a voyeuristic tableau viewed through peepholes in a wooden door.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
installation artwork
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tableau ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important work in 20th-century installation art
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key work in Marcel Duchamp's oeuvre ⓘ |
| artist | Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | late work by Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| completionStatus | completed late in Marcel Duchamp's life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | enigmatic ⓘ |
| displayMode | viewed one person at a time ⓘ |
| feature |
gas lamp representation
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landscape backdrop ⓘ life-size nude female figure ⓘ peepholes in a wooden door ⓘ waterfall representation ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| inEnglish | Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas ⓘ |
| interpretation |
often discussed in relation to the male gaze
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often interpreted as a meditation on desire and looking ⓘ |
| medium |
electric light
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found objects ⓘ glass ⓘ metal ⓘ mixed media ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| movement |
Dada
NERFINISHED
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex construction hidden behind a rustic door
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secretive production and posthumous revelation ⓘ |
| relationToArtist | considered Duchamp's final major artwork ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
artificial landscape with waterfall and gas lamp
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reclining nude seen from behind ⓘ |
| theme |
eroticism
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mystery ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| viewingMethod |
through a wooden door
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through peepholes ⓘ |
| workType |
environmental artwork
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peepshow-like construction ⓘ |
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