Round 8: Tossup 10

This artist produced a “Green Box” of notes for an artwork in which male figures are connected to a chocolate grinder and water wheel. Visitors look through a peephole to see a headless nude raising a lamp in a piece this person created 25 years after quitting (10[1])art for chess. (10[1])This artist left broken glass in a window-like piece split between nine suitors and a bride. A 1912 painting by this artist was dubbed an “explosion in a shingle (10[1])factory” (-5[1])for depicting a nude from several perspectives as she descends a staircase. A snow shovel is one of many found objects modified by this artist, including one signed “R. Mutt.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])Dada artist whose readymade Fountain is a repurposed toilet. ■END■

ANSWER: Marcel Duchamp
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet H
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK580%0%106.00
UK (South)UK888%0%100.14
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%87.50
Southern CaliforniaUS786%14%85.17
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%20%102.40
Eastern Canada (2)US8100%13%91.25
FloridaUS4100%0%100.00
Great LakesUS1191%18%72.60
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS7100%0%49.57
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%0%90.75
MidwestUS9100%0%68.11
NorthUS4100%0%85.50
NortheastUS1283%33%94.00
PacificUS888%13%66.86
South CentralUS5100%20%79.20
SoutheastUS13100%23%82.46
Upstate NYUS580%20%118.75