Marcel Duchamp
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
Also known as Rose Selavy · Marsel Dushan · Rrose Selavy · Duxiang · Marcel Duchamp-Villon · Rrose Sélavy
- Born
- July 28, 1887
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in RKDartists“Marcel Duchamp”explore.rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/24517
- 4.Stated in Benezit Dictionary of Artists“Marcel Duchamp”oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00054588
- 5.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- July 28, 1887
- Died
- October 2, 1968
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in RKDartists“Marcel Duchamp”explore.rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/24517
- 4.Stated in Benezit Dictionary of Artists“Marcel Duchamp”oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00054588
- 5.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- October 2, 1968
- Birthplace
- Blainville-Crevon
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Sources- 1.Stated in birth certificate
- 2.Stated in Artnet
- 3.Stated in RKDartists
- Blainville-Crevon
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
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Sources- 1.Stated in birth certificate
- 2.Stated in Artnet
- 3.Stated in RKDartists
- 4.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-04-07
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Citizenship
- France
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Sources- 1.Stated in LIBRISRetrieved 2018-08-24
- 2.zkm.de/en/person/marcel-duchampRetrieved 2022-06-30
- 3.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-04-07
- , United States(since 1955)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- France
- Occupation
- actor
- , chess player
- , painter
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Fine Art Archivecs.isabart.org/person/7970Retrieved 2021-04-01
- 2.Stated in Union List of Artist Names
- +15 more
- Education
- Académie Julian
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Sources- 1.“SUNY Series in Western Esoteric Traditions: Alchemist of the Avant-Garde: The Case of Marcel Duchamp”
- , Lycée Pierre-Corneille
- , École des chartes(since 1912)
- Académie Julian
- Spouse
- Alexina Duchamp(1954–1968)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-04-07
- , Lydie Sarazin-Levassor(1927–1928)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-04-07
- Alexina Duchamp(1954–1968)
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- Commons Creator page
- Marcel Duchamp
- Sibling
- Raymond Duchamp-Villon
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- Jacques Villon
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- Suzanne Duchamp
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Sources- 1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2021-05-21
- 2.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2025-04-07
- Raymond Duchamp-Villon
- Name in native language
- Marcel Duchamp
- Work location
- Paris(1904)
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- New York City
- Paris(1904)
- Participant in
- Documenta III
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Sources- 1.documenta.de/en/retrospective/documenta_iiiRetrieved 2018-09-03
- Documenta 5
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- Documenta 6
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- 2nd Chess Olympiad number of matches played/races/starts: 16 · number of wins: 1 · number of losses: 4
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- 3rd Chess Olympiad number of matches played/races/starts: 15 · number of wins: 1 · number of losses: 8
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- 4th Chess Olympiad number of matches played/races/starts: 9 · number of wins: 1 · number of losses: 5
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- 5th Chess Olympiad number of matches played/races/starts: 12 · number of wins: 1 · number of losses: 9
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- Documenta III
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-04
- male
- Birth name
- Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp
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Sources- 1.Stated in birth certificate
- 2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2021-12-20
- Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp
- Copyright representative
- Estate of Marcel Duchamp represented by: Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques
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Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-11-02
- Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques represents: Estate of Marcel Duchamp
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Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-11-02
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
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Sources- 1.Stated in ADAGP directoryRetrieved 2019-12-14
- 2.Stated in DACS registerRetrieved 2020-04-10
- Estate of Marcel Duchamp represented by: Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques
- Relative
- Émile Frédéric Nicolle kinship to subject: maternal grandfather
- Édouard Dagnet kinship to subject: brother-in-law
- Has works in the collection
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Art Institute of Chicago
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Auckland Art Gallery
- Museum of Modern Art
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- Tate
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- National Gallery of Art
- National Gallery of Canada
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Sources- 1.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-06
- Musée National d'Art Moderne
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
- Israel Museum
- Tate Modern
- Eskenazi Museum of Art
- Centre Georges Pompidou
- National Gallery of Australia
- Moderna Museet
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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Sources- 1.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/artist/duchamp-marcel-1Retrieved 2021-05-04
- Van Abbemuseum
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Sources- 1.“Oculist Witnesses”vanabbemuseum.nl/en/collection/details/collection/?lookup%5B1673%5D%5Bfilter%5D%5B0%5D=id%3AC451Retrieved 2021-07-05
- 2.“Rotoreliefs”vanabbemuseum.nl/en/collection/details/collection/?lookup%5B1673%5D%5Bfilter%5D%5B0%5D=id%3AC450Retrieved 2021-07-05
- Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
- ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
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- Pérez Art Museum Miami
- Print Collection location: New York Public Library Main Branch
- Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee
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- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Museum Ludwig
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
- Groninger Museum
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Sources- 1.Stated in online collection of the Groninger Museum“Marcel Duchamp: The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even. Erratum Musical / John Cage: 27'10.554" For a percussionist”groningermuseum.nl/collectie/collectie-items/22737Retrieved 2026-07-02
- Archives at
- Philadelphia Museum of Art inventory number: MDP
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Sources- 1.pmalibrary.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/297Retrieved 2019-03-30
- Philadelphia Museum of Art inventory number: MDP
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 70 years pma
- Floruit
- 1965
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- 1965
On other databases
254 identifiers linking Marcel Duchamp across the web's reference databases
- 365Chess.com player IDMarcel_Duchamp
- AbART person ID7970
- ADAGP artist IDmarcel-duchamp-13141
- AGORHA UUID17d88654-cfae-45a5-b976-8a1417f62ffd
- Alexander Turnbull Library ID305741
- AllMovie person IDp88339
- AllMusic artist IDmn0000079179
- AlloCiné person ID4276
- Amazon author IDB000APRDDW
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- Archives at Yale agent IDpeople/84348
- Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID9282
- Art UK artist IDduchamp-marcel-18871968
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- ARTEINFORMADO person ID11484
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- ARTIC artist ID34316
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- Athenaeum person ID4503
- Auckland Art Gallery artist ID2303
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- Basis Wien person ID17269
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- Benezit IDB00054588
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- BHF author ID000002509
- BiblioNet author ID24080
- Bibliopoche author ID12006
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11900872x
- BIBSYS ID14022924
- Bing entity ID480dc109-a765-4a8f-2b9b-02abf8f9c22b
- Boijmans artist ID5450
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- Bridgeman artist ID69
- British Museum person or institution ID118760
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDduchamp-marcel
- BVMC person ID34385
- Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)0013B0255F
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10008605
- CANTIC ID981058511784606706
- Carnegie Hall agent ID1020284
- CBDB.cz author ID116035
- CCAB ID000062419
- Chessgames.com player ID36967
- ChessTempo.com player ID239100
- Christie's creator ID20280
- Ciné-Ressources person ID35824
- Cinémathèque québécoise person ID21908
- CiNii Research ID1140563741541876608
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- Cyprus University of Technology ID9148
- DACS ID (2022)000281
- DACS ID (former)7e8175d7-9e42-4681-9b79-8d112648ae01
- Danish National Filmography person ID136180
- DBNL author IDduch015
- DDB person (GND) ID11852772X
- De Agostini IDDuchamp,+Marcel
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID11852772X
- DFK Paris person ID0000690063
- DigitaltMuseum ID0210311629110
- Discogs artist ID205525
- Documenta archiv ID397
- DoME artist ID95
- EGAXA IDvtls001144711
- Elonet person ID237640
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID116366
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDbiography/Marcel-Duchamp
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDmarcel-duchamp
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)eI8jh
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)47430
- Europeana entityagent/base/60394
- Evene IDmarcel-duchamp-2837
- Fandango person ID191240
- FAST ID54760
- FES digital collections entity ID417738
- FID performing arts IDagent/gnd_11852772X
- Film.ru person IDmarsel-dyushamp
- Find a Grave memorial ID4326
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