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Genre Allegory [George Washington], 1943, assemblage of gauze soaked with
iodine and fixed to cardboard with 13 gold stars, c. 21 x 15 in. Musče National
d'Art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris. This collage was Duchamp's
contribution to a contest organized by Vogue in 1943 for a cover portrait
of George Washington. It was discarded by the jury.

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