50 cc of Paris Air

13.3 cm

50 cc of Paris Air is a Dadaist Glass Sculpture created by Marcel Duchamp in 1919. It lives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Sculpture. Source

Duchamp bought this small glass ampoule from a Paris pharmacist as a souvenir for his friend and patron Walter C. Arensberg. In 1949, the vial was accidentally broken and repaired, which begs the question: Is the air even from Paris anymore?

In the Evening, Lying on Her Bed, She Reread the Letter from Her Artilleryman at the Front

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, 1919

Design for an Exhibition Building

Wenzel Hablik, 1919

Linear Composition

Liubov Popova, 1919

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50 cc of Paris Air

To Be Looked At

Bicycle Wheel

Rotorelief 1 (Optical Disks)

Aurelien

Portrait of André Breton

Ingres's Violin

To Be Looked At

Glider Containing a Water Mill in Neighboring Metals

Horus Falcon

In the Evening, Lying on Her Bed, She Reread the Letter from Her Artilleryman at the Front

Design for an Exhibition Building

Linear Composition