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Object to Be Destroyed
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<p><i>Object to Be Destroyed</i> is a work by American <a href="/facts/Artist/7kfrXB5P">artist</a> <a href="/facts/Man_Ray/HAJXW1Ea">Man Ray</a>, originally created in 1923. The work consists of a <a href="/facts/Metronome/UhRkhj2W">metronome</a> 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 <i>Indestructible Object</i>. Considered a "<a href="/facts/Found_object/y6VuNB7W">readymade</a>" piece, in the style <a href="/facts/Readymades_of_Marcel_Duchamp/7GVRCE0t">established by Marcel Duchamp</a>, 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 the <a href="/facts/Tate_Modern/qtnHzbIF">Tate Modern</a> in London, <a href="/facts/MOMA/75lxKjfj">MOMA</a> in New York City, and the <a href="/facts/Museo_Nacional_Centro_de_Arte_Reina_Sof%C3%ADa/7Qal1uYH">Reina Sofía</a> in Madrid. </p>