Portrait of a Young American Girl in a State of Nudity

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Portrait of a Young American Girl in a State of Nudity is a 1915 mechanomorphic painting by Francis Picabia that satirically depicts a nude woman as a spark plug, exemplifying his Dadaist critique of modernity and sexuality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mechanomorphic painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
artisticStyle Dadaist ⓘ
mechanomorphic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Francis Picabia ⓘ
creatorGender male ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
depicts nude woman ⓘ
spark plug ⓘ
genre satirical art ⓘ
hasPart mechanical forms ⓘ
textual inscription ⓘ
hasTheme dehumanization ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
mechanization of the body ⓘ
hasTitle Portrait of a Young American Girl in a State of Nudity ⓘ
inception 1915 ⓘ
influencedBy Dada anti-art ideas ⓘ
early 20th century industrialization ⓘ
machine culture ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
mainSubject machine aesthetics ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
movement Dada ⓘ
notableFor Dadaist critique of sexuality ⓘ
equating a woman with a spark plug ⓘ
use of mechanical imagery in portraiture ⓘ
partOf Francis Picabia oeuvre ⓘ
linked to: Francis Picabia
period early 20th century art ⓘ
satirizes conventional portraiture ⓘ
sexual objectification ⓘ
technological modernity ⓘ

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Francis Picabia → notableWork → Portrait of a Young American Girl in a State of Nudity ⓘ
Portrait of a Young American Girl in a State of Nudity → hasTitle → Portrait of a Young American Girl in a State of Nudity ⓘ