A Quote by Marcel Duchamp

The curious thing about that moustache and goatee is that when you look at the Mona Lisa it becomes a man. It is not a woman disguised as a man; it is a real man, and that was my discovery, without realising it at the time.

Marcel Duchamp

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About Becomes Curious Discovery Disguised Look Man Mona Mona Lisa Moustache Real Real Man Realising Thing Time Without Woman

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Marcel Duchamp
French - Artist
July 28, 1887 - October 2, 1968

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