Rose Sélavy

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Rose Sélavy is a pseudonym adopted by artist Marcel Duchamp, under which he explored themes of identity, gender, and artistic alter egos in his work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic alter ego
pseudonym
activeInPeriod 1920s
1930s
alsoKnownAs Rrose Sélavy NERFINISHED
appearsInMedium inscriptions and signatures
photography
readymades
associatedMovement Dada NERFINISHED
Surrealism NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Man Ray NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
createdBy Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED
exploresTheme alter ego
artistic authorship
gender
identity
sexuality
fieldOfWork conceptual art
performance of identity
genderPresentation female
hasWritingForm Rrose Sélavy NERFINISHED
influenced later feminist art
queer theory interpretations of Duchamp
languageOfName French
namePunOn Eros, c’est la vie
notablePhotographicSeriesBy Man Ray GENERATED
notableWorkAsSignatureOn Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette GENERATED
Fresh Widow GENERATED
Why Not Sneeze, Rrose Sélavy? GENERATED
portrayedBy Marcel Duchamp in drag
realNameOf Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED
roleInArtHistory challenge to fixed artistic identity
early exploration of gender fluidity in art
signatureUsedOn various Duchamp readymades
typeOfPseudonym cross‑gender pseudonym
usedBy Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED
usedFor exploring linguistic puns
questioning binary gender norms
subverting traditional notions of authorship

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Rrose Sélavy alsoKnownAs Rose Sélavy