Object Details

TITLE:
M.D.M.L.D.
DATE:
2005
MEDIUM:
Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS:
26 x 16 in.
CREDIT LINE:
Gift of Adrian Erlebacher and Amy Lu, 2014

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Erlebacher’s amusing version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s gesture of adding a mustache to the famous portrait. Erlebacher took the irreverence one step further, transforming the enigmatic woman into a squawking duck. This painting is part of her whimsical series of portraits with rubber ducks substituted for well-known subjects; the series was never exhibited. Some durable fake ids made of high-quality polycarbonate plastic. They feel solid, somewhat rigid but with a slight, consistent flex without creasing or cracking. They have a specific, smooth,

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