Fountain

E201407

artwork conceptual artwork readymade

Fountain is Marcel Duchamp’s groundbreaking 1917 readymade artwork consisting of a signed porcelain urinal that radically challenged traditional definitions of art.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fountain canonical	9
Fountain (After Marcel Duchamp)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artwork ⓘ conceptual artwork ⓘ readymade ⓘ
artForm	sculpture ⓘ
artisticMethod	appropriation of everyday object ⓘ recontextualization ⓘ
associatedWith	Dada ⓘ surface form: New York Dada Society of Independent Artists ⓘ
collectionStatus	original lost ⓘ
controversial	true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
creatorRole	artist ⓘ conceptual originator ⓘ
depicts	urinal ⓘ
discussedIn	The Blind Man (Dada journal) ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia Museum of Art (replica)
genre	Dada ⓘ
hasReplica	Fountain replica (1950) ⓘ Fountain replica (1964 edition) ⓘ Fountain replica (various authorized editions) ⓘ
hasWorkType	avant-garde artwork ⓘ readymade sculpture ⓘ
inception	1917 ⓘ
influenced	conceptual art ⓘ installation art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ
languageOfWork	none ⓘ
madeFrom	porcelain urinal ⓘ
mainSubject	authorship in art ⓘ definition of art ⓘ institutional critique ⓘ readymade objects ⓘ
materialUsed	porcelain ⓘ
movement	Dada ⓘ surface form: Dadaism
notableFor	provoking debate on what constitutes art ⓘ use of industrially manufactured object as art ⓘ
orientation	inverted ⓘ
originallyExhibitedAt	Society of Independent Artists exhibition ⓘ
originallyExhibitedIn	1917 ⓘ New York City ⓘ
partOf	Duchamp readymades ⓘ
rejectedBy	Society of Independent Artists jury ⓘ
signature	R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ
significance	challenged traditional definitions of art ⓘ landmark of 20th-century art ⓘ
submittedUnderPseudonym	R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ surface form: R. Mutt
title	Fountain self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marcel Duchamp → notableWork → Fountain ⓘ

Dada → hasKeyWork → Fountain ⓘ

Fountain by Marcel Duchamp → title → Fountain ⓘ

subject surface form: Fountain

Sherrie Levine → notableWork → Fountain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fountain (After Marcel Duchamp)

Fountain → title → Fountain self-link ⓘ

L.H.O.O.Q. → relatedWork → Fountain ⓘ

Bicycle Wheel → relatedWork → Fountain ⓘ

In Advance of the Broken Arm → relatedWork → Fountain ⓘ

R. Mutt 1917 → associatedWithWork → Fountain ⓘ

The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) → associatedWork → Fountain ⓘ