ID: 700008360 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008360	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

L.H.O.O.Q. (ready-made; Marcel Duchamp ((French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-...; 1919; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;)

Note: On a reproduction of Leonardo's "Mona Lisa," Duchamp added a moustache and goatee to a Mona Lisa postcard and added the title L.H.O.O.Q., which when pronounced in French is intended to sound like the off-color remark ‘elle a chaud au cul.'

Titles:

L.H.O.O.Q. (preferred,C,U,RP,not applicable,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

ready-made (found object) [300185153] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by material>, found object sculpture, found objects)

reproduction (derivative object) [300015643]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by original and derivative>, derivative objects, copies (derivative objects))

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1919

Creator Display:

Marcel Duchamp ((French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-1968) [preferred,VP]

artist Duchamp, Marcel (French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-1968) [500115393]

Locations:

Current: Private Collection: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Credit Line: Private collection, Paris

Display Materials: paper, pencil

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	pencils (drawing and writing equipment) [300022439]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

Dimensions: 19.7 cm x 12.4 cm

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Dada [300021500] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

another work (preferred)

humor and comedy

Specific Subjects:

	Mona Lisa [700000213]
	.....(Mona Lisa [700000213], Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media [700009486], Movable Works [700000002]) (CONA)

	parody [300055828]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, artistic devices) (AAT)

Copyright: Protected by French copyright until 2039 (life + 70 years)

Provenance: Marcel Duchamp; Cordier & Ekstrom, New York; The Mary Sisler Collection, New York; Private Collection, Paris.

Inscriptions: Inscribed in pencil on image, lower right: Marcel Duchamp / 1919; Lower left: Paris Below image: L.H.O.O.Q. Inscribed verso, in ink: This is to certify / that this is the original / "ready made" L.H.O.O.Q. / Paris 1919 / Marcel Duchamp / New York 1944 - [witnessed by a notary public]; Below ink inscription, in pencil: Garder les marges / photographier lumière / frisante pour fair apparaître / la signature au crayon et / la date / - Ecrans pour le couleur / doit être calqué après.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
L.H.O.O.Q.	........ [VP]
	........ Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (1997) 670-671
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) "Duchamp, Marcel"; accessed 28 March 2014
	........ Tate Gallery [online] (1999-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (1997) 670-671

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (1997)
	..... Tate Gallery [online] (1999-)