LHOOQ
LHOOQ is a readymade artwork created by Marcel Duchamp in 1919. It consists of a cheap reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to which Duchamp added a mustache and a goatee, and then inscribed the title "LHOOQ" in pencil on the postcard. The title is a phonetic French phrase that can be interpreted as "look, she has an ass" or as a nonsensical exclamation.
Duchamp created LHOOQ as part of a series of works he referred to as "readymades," which challenged
The artwork became a significant statement in the Dada movement, which embraced anti-art sentiments and challenged