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Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette (Beautiful Breath, Veil Water) is a work of art by Marcel Duchamp, with the assistance of Man Ray. First conceived in 1920, created spring of 1921, Belle Haleine is one of the Readymades of Marcel Duchamp, or more specifically a rectified ready-made. A photograph of the object, by Man Ray, was reproduced on the cover of New York Dada magazine in April 1921. This "readymade" consisted of a Rigaud brand perfume bottle with a modified label. It involved taking a mundane, utilitarian object, not generally considered to be art, and transforming it by adding a reworked label. In 2009, Belle Haleine, Eau de voilette became the most expensive Duchamp piece ever sold at auction when it brought in 11,500,000(€8,913,000)atChristie′sinParis.Previously,anartist′smultipleofDuchamp′sfamedFountainownedbyArturoSchwarzheldtherecord,sellingfor11,500,000 (€8,913,000) at Christie's in Paris. Previously, an artist's multiple of Duchamp's famed Fountain owned by Arturo Schwarz held the record, selling for 11,500,000(€8,913,000)atChristie′sinParis.Previously,anartist′smultipleofDuchamp′sfamedFountainownedbyArturoSchwarzheldtherecord,sellingfor1,762,500 on November 17, 1999 at Sotheby's in New York. (en) |
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Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette (Beautiful Breath, Veil Water) is a work of art by Marcel Duchamp, with the assistance of Man Ray. First conceived in 1920, created spring of 1921, Belle Haleine is one of the Readymades of Marcel Duchamp, or more specifically a rectified ready-made. (en) |
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