Morée - A Hidden Duchamp That Reframes History

<p><strong>Morée: Marcel Duchamp and the Hidden Origin of Dada</strong></p><p> Painted ca. 1915-16 <em>Morée</em> is a mysterious work that may rewrite the early history of Dada. Its surface-a dramatic theatrical field crossed by acidic drips and suspended pearls-reveals an intelligence at odds with ornament and display. The scraped signature reading ..Morée.. suggests deliberate concealment: a pseudonym and a clue.</p><p>This book presents the first sustained study of <em>Morée</em> arguing that it was conceived within Marcel Duchamp's New York circle and functions as a coded experiment in authorship sabotage and self-erasure. Through close visual material and chronological analysis it reconstructs the painting's relationship to Duchamp's <em>Nude Descending a Staircase</em> Francis Picabia's <em>Mistinguett</em> and the later culmination of <em>Étant donnés</em>.</p><p>Drawing on archival evidence and newly documented physical details <em>Morée: Marcel Duchamp and the Hidden Origin of Dada</em> proposes that the painting is not a derivative echo of Dada but its silent precursor-a work designed to remain unrecognized until the right historical moment. It invites readers to consider that modern art's first true act of critique may have been one of disguise.</p>