Duchamp,
Marcel 1887-1968; U.S. painter, born in France
See Duchamp in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(do͞o-shäɴˈ, dü), Marcel 1887-1968.
French-born modernist artist and a leader of the Dada movement in New York City who was the first to exhibit commonplace objects as art. His paintings include Nude Descending a Staircase (1912).