In Advance of the Broken Arm (En prévision du bras cassé)
1915 / 1964
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In Advance of the Broken Arm
(En prévision du bras cassé)
1915 / 1964
This "commun-or-garden snow shovel", as Duchamp described it, was a banal household object in American homes of 1915.
On his arrival in New York in 1915, Marcel Duchamp purchased a snow shovel from a hardware store. The handle of the object was adorned with a cryptic message: ln advance of the broken arm. Counteracting any descriptive aim, Duchamp's titles were intended to engage the viewer in what the artist called the "more verbal regions". By hanging this snow shovel in his studio like a guillotine, he may have sought to transform it into a more threatening and less "simple" object than first appears.
Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions | Ready-made |
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Techniques | Bois et fer galvanisé |
Dimensions | 132 x 35 cm |
Acquisition | Achat, 1986 |
Inventory no. | AM 1986-289 |
On display:
Detailed description
Artist |
Marcel Duchamp
(1887, France - 1968, France) |
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Main title | In Advance of the Broken Arm (En prévision du bras cassé) |
Creation date | 1915 / 1964 |
Circumstances of production | D'après l'original (perdu, fait à New York en novembre 1915), cet exemplaire, réalisé en 1964 sous la direction de Marcel Duchamp par la Galerie Schwarz à Milan, consitue la 4e version |
Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions | Ready-made |
Description | Pelle à neige |
Techniques | Bois et fer galvanisé |
Dimensions | 132 x 35 cm |
Printing | Exemplaire : Rrose |
Inscriptions | S.D. : [sur le manche] Marcel Duchamp 1964 |
Acquisition | Achat, 1986 |
Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
Inventory no. | AM 1986-289 |