All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy oneself with 'winning or losing this game of chess.

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.