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bism to an interest in Dadaism. Duchamp's special contribution to Dada can be seen in his ideas for an "anti-art" movement. In this regard, Duchamp's work during his Dadaist period was always concerned with "the elimination of aesthetic value as part of the definition of art" (Henning 8).

Duchamp's desire to destroy art in this way led him to the invention of his now famous ready-mades. Theoretically, a ready-made could be any object that Du

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