Apolinère Enameled
| Artist | Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887–1968) |
|---|---|
| Title | Apolinère Enameled (Apolinère émaillé) |
| Date | 1916–1917 original (1964 authorized replica) |
| Medium | Metal, paper, corrected ready-made, and rectified ready-made |
| Dimensions | Overall: 9 1/4 × 15/16 in. (23.5 × 2.4 cm) Framed (plexi box): 16 15/16 × 20 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (43 × 52.5 × 3.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. Arne H. Ekstrom, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 71.96 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
A painted reproduction of an advertisement for a commercial paint. The advertisement features the words “Apolinère Enameled” in a bold white typeface against a black background at the top of the composition. The painting itself depicts a young girl painting a bedframe in an interior space with confusing perspective.
Marcel Duchamp challenged traditional definitions of art with his controversial readymades, produced between 1913 and 1921. The readymades were mass-produced items, some slightly altered, that Duchamp presented as works of art. In 1964, Duchamp and his Milan dealer Arturo Schwarz produced a limited edition of replicas of the original readymades, most of which had been lost.
Duchamp modified the wording in this advertisement for Sapolin Enamel, a commercial paint, to reference his friend, the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Apolinère Enameled | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=71.96