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This illuminating study offers new interpretations of Duchamp's momentous works, from readymades to the early performance art of shaving a comet in his hair. It demonstrates how the immersive spaces and narrative environments of popular science, from museums to the modern planetarium, prepared paths for Duchamp's nonretinal art.

Playing with Earth and Sky

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    A Paperback by James Housefield

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      Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
      Publication Date: 8/16/2016
      ISBN13: 9781611689570, 978-1611689570
      ISBN10: 1611689570
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      Book Synopsis
      This illuminating study offers new interpretations of Duchamp's momentous works, from readymades to the early performance art of shaving a comet in his hair. It demonstrates how the immersive spaces and narrative environments of popular science, from museums to the modern planetarium, prepared paths for Duchamp's nonretinal art.

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