Bicycle Wheel Art Moma. Bicycle wheel is duchamp s first readymade a class of artworks that raised fundamental questions about artmaking and in fact about art s very definition. New york 1951 third version after lost original of 1913 37 metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool 51 x 25 x 16 1 2 129 5 x 63 5 x 41 9 cm.
Many of marcel duchamp s readymade artworks were thrown away because they were not recognized as art. The museum of modern art new york. Most of duchamp s readymades were individual objects that he repositioned or signed and called.
A bicycle wheel is a wheel most commonly a wire wheel designed for a bicycle.
Bicycle wheel is duchamp s first readymade a class of artworks that raised fundamental questions about artmaking and in fact about art s very definition. Though bicycle wheel predates duchamp s use of the word readymade a term he coined after moving from paris to new york in 1915 it is the earliest example of this class of groundbreaking artworks. Hear fresh perspectives on old and new favorites in moma s collection. The museum of modern art revised 2004 originally published 1999 p.