In one interview, the artist himself poetically referred to a "fire down below" when describing the title of this work.
In one interview, the artist himself poetically referred to a "fire down below" when describing the title of this work. One theory holds that its creation was a response to erroneous accusations of art theft leveled against the creator's friend, the poet who wrote the Calligrammes. The artist allegedly created it by buying a postcard from a gift shop on the Rue de Rivoli, pasting a strip of white paper labeled with its new title at the bottom, defacing it with a pencil, and giving it a name that crudely translates to, "she has a cute ass." FTP, name this alphabetically named Marcel Duchamp work depicting the Mona Lisa with facial hair.
In one interview, the artist himself poetically referred to a "fire down below" when describing the title of this work.
{L.H.O.O.Q.} (note: Duchamp’s friend, Guillaume Appollonaire, was named a suspect when the real Mona Lisa was stolen).