The first public showing of this work was in the second issue of The Blind Man, published by Beatrice Wood, after a previous non-public showing led to the resignation of Walter Arensberg. This piece was set against the backdrop of a Marsden Hartley painting entitled The Warriors showing a group of white knights - that depiction occurs in a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz. It was partly based on a "fat little funny man" who appeared in a syndicated comic strip with Jeff. This piece was suspended from the ceiling of its artist's studio in a photo that also includes Hat Rack and In Advance of the Broken Arm. George Bellow
The first public showing of this work was in the second issue of The Blind Man, published by Beatrice Wood, after a previous non-public showing led to the resignation of Walter Arensberg. This piece was set against the backdrop of a Marsden Hartley painting entitled The Warriors showing a group of white knights - that depiction occurs in a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz. It was partly based on a "fat little funny man" who appeared in a syndicated comic strip with Jeff. This piece was suspended from the ceiling of its artist's studio in a photo that also includes Hat Rack and In Advance of the Broken Arm. George Bellows compared it to "horse manure glued to a canvas," a view shared by the Society of Independent Artists, whose panel rejected this piece. FTP, name this piece signed by "R. Mutt," a readymade by Duchamp, which is the preeminent work in the urinal genre.
The first public showing of this work was in the second issue of The Blind Man, published by Beatrice Wood, after a previous non-public showing led to the resignation of Walter Arensberg.
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