
Marcel Duchamp (b. 1887, France – d. 1968)
Objet-dard, 1951
It took me a while to decide what of Duchamp I should go with here.
It ended up being the Dart Object. The public answer is why not.

Marcel Duchamp (b. 1887, France – d. 1968)
3 stoppages étalon, 1913-14
Oh no, this one is even better.
Scientific methods for art making.
Such a lovely blurring of categories – by doing, not just by talking.