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IMAGE: Photo of Marcel Duchamp by Edward Steichen, 1917. Private collection, Paris; courtesy Arts & Sociétés (artsetsocietes.org)

Readymades Defined

Joan Bakewell interviews MD for BBC; video share courtesy Art History Lab.

The Orders

The Orders

1^st order readymade (commodity object without “assist”);

2^nd order “assisted” readymade;

3^rd order readymade (conceptually combined commodity objects);

4^th order readymade (object combined with “action”).

Objet trouvé 

Object of indeterminate function, origin and/or conscious recognition.

IMAGE: Chee Wang Ng; Still from “108 Global Rice Bowls”; 2^nd order “assisted” readymade.