The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.

Surrealist Street filled one side of the lobby with mannequins dressed by various surrealists. During this time Duchamp drew and sold cartoons which reflected his ribald humor. "
He later submitted the painting to the 1913 "Armory Show" in New York City.

Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968; French pronunciation: ​[maʁsɛl dyˈʃɑ̃]) was a French-American artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaists.