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Similarly one may ask, what was Duchamp's intention when came up with the concept of the readymade?

Key Ideas. Coined by Duchamp, the term "readymade" came to designate mass-produced everyday objects taken out of their usual context and promoted to the status of artworks by the mere choice of the artist.

Furthermore, what was the first readymade? Duchamp created the first ready-made, Bicycle Wheel (1913), which consisted of a wheel mounted on a stool, as a protest against the excessive importance attached to works of art. This work was technically a “ready-made assisted,” because the artist intervened by combining two objects.

In this manner, which work of art is considered a rectified or assisted readymade?

Bicycle Wheel was an “assisted” readymade, or a work that linked two or more objects together. A “rectified” readymade altered an existing object (like a print of the Mona Lisa with Duchamp's drawing of a mustache).

What is a readymade sculpture?

Readymade. A term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1915 to describe prefabricated, often mass-produced objects isolated from their intended use and elevated to the status of art by the artist choosing and designating them as such.