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Object to Be Destroyed is a work by American artist Man Ray, originally created in 1923. The work consists of a metronome with a photograph of an eye attached to its swinging arm. After the piece was destroyed in 1957, later remakes in multiple copies were renamed Indestructible Object. Considered a "readymade" piece, in the style established by Marcel Duchamp, it employs an ordinary manufactured object, with little modification, as a work of art. Examples of the work are held in various public collections including Tate Modern London, MOMA New York and Reina Sofía, Madrid. The metronome, originally manufactured by the Qualite Excelsior company, was a mass-produced product that might be commonly found in many homes. It was probably secondhand when Man Ray reconfigured it as an art object, as it was marred, worn, missing minor parts and stood on mismatched feet, though its mechanism was in fair working order.[1] Its box was made of wood, but its internal elements are metal, its front do

Object to Be Destroyed - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sculpture by Man Ray Indestructible Object (1964; replica of 1923 original) Object to Be Destroyed is a work by American artist Man Ray , originally created in 1923. The work consists of a metronome with a photograph of an eye attached to its swinging arm. After the piece was destroyed in 1957, later remakes in multiple copies were renamed Indestructible Object . Considered a " readymade " piece, in the style established by Marcel Duchamp , it employs an ordinary manufactured object, with little modificati

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