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Happy birthday to Marcel Duchamp, aka R. Mutt and Rose Sélavy, born on this day in 1887. As one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Duchamp was responsible for challenging the notion of what art is, and we’re very proud to hold the world’s largest collection of his works. 

Hannah Höch

Jérusalem, Enceinte du Temple, Détails de l'appareil de la piscine probatique by Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille, The Met’s Photography Department

Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative

Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Eclipse of the Sun by William Langenheim, The Met’s Photography Department

Medium: Daguerreotype

Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Ying-Hsueh Chen performing Psappha by Iannix Xenakis, for solo percussion

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

Man with cat, 1930