Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964 / Marcel Duchamp
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.122
- Title
- Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964
- Artist
- Marcel Duchamp
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887 - 1968
- Medium and Support
- silver
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Spain (nation)
- Catalonia (autonomous community)
- Cadaqués
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Spain (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Catalonia (autonomous community)
- Creation Place 4
- Cadaqués
- Inscription
- Verso, engraved, c.: Marcel Duchamp/64; to the r., 28/100; in red paint, along outer rim: 68.22
- Dimensions
- 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm x 1 cm (2 7/16 in. x 2 7/16 in. x 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Primary Object Type
- medallion
- Physical Description
- A small, thin silver disk. In the center are seven convex circular protrusions (one in the center surrounded symmetrically by the six others) that appear like balls set within individual depressions. There are other less uniform depressions surrounding the center design. An incised line runs around the circumference.
- Subject Matter
- Casting of a sink stopper that Duchamp first designed by hand for his bathroom in Cadaqués, Spain. This everyday, handmade object was then reproduced in a series of one hundred. The piece demonstrates the meeting of art objects and the mundane,. It is also an example of ironic commercialization and artist self-representation. The International Numismatic Agency later released an edition of 300 as a collector's item, the Duchamp Art Medal.
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- descriptors
- medals
- modern and contemporary art
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- objects we use
- plumbing and stormwater system components
- plumbing fixtures
- system components
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- visual works by form
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 837 x 757
- File Size
- 58 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.122
- Link to this Item
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"Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964; Marcel Duchamp." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.122/1997_1.122obv.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
