deaths
March 12, 1998
Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (born 1893)
Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada".
March 12
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.