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frottage [ˈfrɒtɑːʒ (French) frɔtaʒ] n 1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the act or process of taking a rubbing from a rough surface, such as wood, for a work of art 2. sexual excitement obtained by rubbing against another person's clothed body [French, from frotter to rub] frottage the act of rubbing against another person for sexual gratification. — frotteur, n. See also: Sex
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Puryear got started with the frottage technique by accident. 28: Frottage (two clothed parts of the body rubbing together, more than one person involved) Ernst's technical inventions in the 175 works on view include the "overpainting" of the Dada pictures that are commonly called collages, as well as the semiautomatist frottage, grattage, decalcomania, and "oscillation" processes of his Surrealist works. |
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