Editing Suzanne Duchamp (section)

== Early work ==
[[File:Broken and Restored Multiplication.jpg|thumb|Broken and Restored Multiplication, 1918|alt=]]
 
In late 1915, Suzanne went to clear out Marcel's studio in Paris and this is when/where she first learned about his [[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymades]]. Between 1916 and 1921 she produced a significant body of work in a formal language that has come to be called 'mechanomorphic' - images taken from commonplace mechanical or technological objects arranged to describe or infer human agency, desire or behavior. The work of [[Francis Picabia]] typifies the mechanomorphic tendency.<ref name="oxford" /> In a letter to her written in January 1916, Marcel elaborated on his concept of the ready-mades and mentioned the [[Bicycle Wheel]] and the [[Bottle Rack|Bottlerack]] which she should have encountered in the studio. He asked her to complete one of them by adding the inscription "d'après Marcel Duchamp," which translates to "after Marcel Duchamp." This collaboration with Marcel exhibited his trust in Suzanne about her openness towards radical art production.

In 1916, Suzanne met Jean Crotti, an artist who worked in the same studio as Marcel. During this time is when her first surge of activity occurred, creating some of her best work. She produced "Un et une menacés," "A Threatened Male and Female" which references mechanical symbolism as well as real machine parts, which greatly lends itself to the Dadaist movement. One of her most noteworthy works is ''[http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/134050 Multiplication Broken and Restored],'' completed in 1919. The composition contains Dadaist imagery with man-made objects such as a tower and cityscape. It is also believed that this piece comes directly from her private experience rather than being a severe critique of cultural norms.<ref name="Camfield">{{Cite book|title=Tabu dada - Jean Crotti & Suzanne Duchamp, 1915-1922|last1=Camfield|first1=William A|last2=Crotti|first2=Jean|last3=Duchamp|first3=Suzanne|last4=Martin|first4=Jean-Hubert|last5=Kunsthalle (Bern)|date=1983-01-01|publisher=Stämpfli|location=Bern|oclc = 884080729|language=English}}</ref>

After the war ended, Suzanne and Jean married in Paris in 1919. As a wedding present, Marcel sent them instructions for a [[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymade]] which involved suspending a geometry textbook on the porch and letting the wind and rain gradually tear it apart.

During this time, Dada was gaining traction in Paris due to figures like [[Tristan Tzara]]. Jean and Suzanne were not very involved until 1921, but both exhibited three works in the prestigious [[Salon Des Independants|Salon des Indèpendants]], alongside artists such as [[Francis Picabia]]. The art emphasized was that of the provocative mechanomorphic style. After this, Suzanne continued to work on her dadaist oeuvre, creating more delicate watercolor or gouache paintings. One of these paintings is "Marcel's Unhappy Readymade," depicting the geometry textbook she received from him as a gift. Interestingly, Suzanne inverted the painting so that it was presented upside down.

Completed in 1920, her work ''[http://www.wikiart.org/en/suzanne-duchamp/ariette-d-oubli-de-la-chapelle-tourdie-1920 Ariette of Oblivion in the Thoughtless Chapel]'' is regarded as the strongest Dadaist work that she created with seemingly nonsense inscriptions and mechanical imagery. However, much like ''[http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/134050 Multiplication Broken and Restored]'', the inspiration for this piece emerged from the devotion she experienced in her relationship. This personal perspective runs contrary to the Dada sentiment of criticizing social conventions and undermining culture.<ref name="Camfield" />

In 1921, Jean and Suzanne sign, along with 20 other artists, the ''Dada souléve tout,'' a [[manifesto]] created by [[Tristan Tzara]] to rebuke the increasingly [[Italian Fascism|fascist]] Italian [[Futurism|Futurist]], [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti|Marinetti]].<ref>Hemus, Ruth. "Dada's female form : the interventions of five women artists, writers and performers in the European Dada movement". University of Edinburgh, 2006. p192  https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652320</ref> In April 1921, she exhibited with Crotti at the Tabu exhibition the Salon d'Autonme, (at the [[Galerie Montaigne]] in Paris); this was a few weeks before the Dada Salon at the same location.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dada movement, 1915-1923|last=Dachy|first=Marc|date=1990-01-01|publisher=Skira; Rizzoli|isbn=0847811107|location=Geneva; New York|oclc = 20593701|language=English}}</ref> In later years, Duchamp and Crotti moved further away from Dada calling their work 'Tabu'. The Tabu pieces were more geometric and abstract, seeking certain universal tropes, but still reveal a highly personalized symbolic language. Tabu works drew on a range of domestic or everyday issues, simplified and combined in often striking ways. These works never brought the acclaim of Duchamp's earlier mechanomorphic pieces and are not discussed widely in literature on the artist.<ref name="oxford" />