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Beatrice Wood

Ceramic, Glass and Metal Artists

Beatrice Wood (1893 to 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States, who founded and edited the magazines The Blind Man and Rongwrong in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roche in 1917. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris and worked in New York as an actress before turning to sculpture and pottery, and was characterized as the Mama of Dada; she died nine days after her 105th birthday, in Ojai, California.

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1893 1
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1998 1
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Female 1
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  • Beatrice Wood article, lead section
    Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States.
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    She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris and worked in New York as an actress before turning to sculpture and pottery, and was characterized as the Mama of Dada; she died nine days after her 105th birthday, in Ojai, California.
  • Associated With: Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood article, Dada movement section
    Wood's involvement in the avant-garde began with her introduction to Marcel Duchamp.
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Beatrice Wood (Wikipedia)
Practices: Ceramics, lead paragraph
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Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893, March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French
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