Rongwrong
Rongwrong was a New York Dadaist magazine of which one issue was published in May 1917. The magazine was co-created and edited by Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, and Beatrice Wood.
History
In May 1917, Henri-Pierre Roché played and lost a chess game against Francis Picabia over which the two had wagered the continuation of their respective New York-based Dadaist magazines. Forced to discontinue The Blind Man as a result of his losing the chess match, Roché launched Rongwrong alongside co-editors Marcel Duchamp and Beatrice Wood, and published just one issue of the magazine. Duchamp had wanted to name the magazine "Wrongwrong", but the title was misprinted as "Rongwrong", and in true Dada fashion they accepted the mistake as the official title of their magazine.The one issue of Rongwrong included contributions by:
- Francis Picabia
- Marquis de la Torre
- Edith Clifford Williams
- Carl Van Vechten
- John Covert
- Henry J. Vernot
- Bob Brown
- Allen Norton
- H.F.
- Michio Itō
- A letter signed "Marcel Douxami" and dated May 5, 1917, in which the author insults Picabia and muses about mechanical metaphors and double meanings present in Duchamp's previous works, including The [Green Box] and The Large Glass.
- The chess game between Roché and Picabia that resulted in the discontinuation of ''The Blind Man.''