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Western Art

Dada

1916–1924

Hugo Ball

Karawane , 1916

Marcel Duchamp

Fountain , 1917

The plate shows another work by this artist; the listed work is still in copyright.

Hannah Höch

Cut with the Kitchen Knife , 1919

The plate shows another work by this artist; the listed work is still in copyright.

Zurich, Switzerland. Active 1886–1927.

Paris, New York. Active 1887–1968.

Berlin, Germany. Active 1889–1978.

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Karawane by Hugo Ball — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Fountain by Marcel Duchamp — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Cut with the Kitchen Knife by Hannah Höch — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

World Art Timeline surveys 4 traditions, 26 major periods and 95 sub‑periods from 3500 BCE–Present, with 202 figures. Summaries are paraphrased from Wikipedia, not reproduced verbatim.

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