Pioneered by Marcel Duchamp, the readymades involve taking mundane, often utilitarian objects not generally considered to be art and transforming them, by adding to them, changing them, or (as in the case of his most famous work Fountain) simply renaming them and placing them in a gallery setting.
In L.H.O.O.Q. the objet trouvé (found object) is a cheap postcard reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa onto which Duchamp drew a mustache and beard in pencil and appended the title.
Why the name L.H.O.O.Q.?
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Marcel Du Champ's title sounds like "Elle a chaud au cul". Which means she has a hot bottom :)
This was part of Du Champ's dada art work collections
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