Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
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Fountain by Marcel Duchamp is a groundbreaking 1917 readymade artwork consisting of a signed porcelain urinal that challenged traditional definitions of art and became a landmark of 20th-century avant-garde and conceptual art.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fountain | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde artwork
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conceptual artwork ⓘ readymade artwork ⓘ |
| artist | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| artisticConcept |
appropriation
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readymade ⓘ recontextualization of everyday objects ⓘ |
| artworkType |
readymade
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sculpture ⓘ |
| collection | lost original ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| depicts | urinal ⓘ |
| describedAs |
groundbreaking artwork
ⓘ
icon of modern art ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Society of Independent Artists exhibition (rejected submission) ⓘ |
| genre |
Dada
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conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasAlias | R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
performance and conceptual practices
ⓘ
postmodern art ⓘ |
| hasReplica |
1950 replica by Marcel Duchamp
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1964 edition of replicas ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
definition of art
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institutional validation of art ⓘ role of the artist ⓘ |
| inception | 1917 ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century avant-garde art
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conceptual art ⓘ institutional critique ⓘ |
| inscription | R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | New York City ⓘ |
| lostOrDestroyed | original lost ⓘ |
| materialUsed | porcelain ⓘ |
| medium | sanitary ware ⓘ |
| movement |
Dada
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avant-garde ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging traditional definitions of art
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landmark of 20th-century art ⓘ use of an ordinary manufactured object as art ⓘ |
| orientation | urinal placed on its back ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century art history canon ⓘ |
| publisher | The Blind Man (Dada journal) ⓘ |
| signature |
Rrose Sélavy
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surface form:
R. Mutt
|
| signedBy | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) ⓘ |
| title | Fountain ⓘ |
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