Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette

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artwork assisted readymade

"Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette" is a 1921 assisted readymade artwork by Marcel Duchamp, signed with his female alter ego Rrose Sélavy, parodying commercial perfume packaging and notions of identity and authorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork ⓘ
assisted readymade ⓘ
artForm readymade ⓘ
artisticIntention critique of consumer culture ⓘ
exploration of constructed identity ⓘ
subversion of advertising aesthetics ⓘ
associatedWith Rrose Sélavy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorGenderPlay use of female pseudonym ⓘ
creatorRole Marcel Duchamp as designer of label ⓘ
depicts portrait of Rrose Sélavy ⓘ
genre Dada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlterEgo Rrose Sélavy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent commercial perfume bottle by Rigaud (Paris) ⓘ
custom-printed label ⓘ
hasFemaleAlterEgoSignature Rrose Sélavy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLabelText Belle Haleine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eau de Voilette NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOriginalityStatus modified found object ⓘ
hasPseudonymousAuthor Rrose Sélavy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWorkType assisted readymade artwork ⓘ
inception 1921 ⓘ
influencedBy Dada anti-art ideas ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
mainSubject authorship ⓘ
gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
mass culture ⓘ
medium commercial perfume bottle ⓘ
glass bottle ⓘ
printed label ⓘ
movement Conceptual art ⓘ
Dadaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor appropriation of commercial design ⓘ
questioning authorship ⓘ
questioning originality in art ⓘ
use of readymade object ⓘ
parodies commercial perfume packaging ⓘ
luxury consumer goods ⓘ
partOf Marcel Duchamp readymades NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy Rrose Sélavy NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
titleTranslation Beautiful Breath: Veil Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesObjectType perfume bottle ⓘ

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Rrose Sélavy → usedInWork → Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette ⓘ