R. Mutt 1917

E372714

R. Mutt 1917 is the pseudonymous signature Marcel Duchamp used on his groundbreaking 1917 readymade sculpture "Fountain," a urinal presented as art that became a landmark of conceptual art.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
R. Mutt 1917 canonical 2
R. Mutt 1
name "R. Mutt" 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artist signature ⓘ
pseudonym ⓘ
appearsOn photographs of Fountain ⓘ
associatedWithWork Fountain ⓘ
associatedWithYear 1917 ⓘ
component date "1917" ⓘ
name "R. Mutt" ⓘ
linked to: R. Mutt 1917
countryOfUse United States ⓘ
creator Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
documentedIn art history literature on Fountain ⓘ
exhibitedAt Society of Independent Artists exhibition (1917) ⓘ
field visual art ⓘ
genderOfPersona male ⓘ
hasInterpretation possible pun on German word "Armut" (poverty) ⓘ
possible reference to Mott plumbing company ⓘ
influenced later use of pseudonyms in conceptual art ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
movement Dada ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
notableFor association with the readymade concept ⓘ
challenging traditional definitions of art authorship ⓘ
masking the identity of Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
relatedConcept appropriation in art ⓘ
artistic anonymity ⓘ
institutional critique ⓘ
readymade ⓘ
role artist’s alias ⓘ
signature on artwork ⓘ
status historical artistic pseudonym ⓘ
usedAs signature in 1917 submission to Society of Independent Artists ⓘ
usedBy Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
usedOn porcelain urinal ⓘ
readymade sculpture ⓘ
urinal sculpture ⓘ
writtenOn side of the urinal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Fountain → hasAlias → R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ
subject linked to: Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
Fountain → inscription → R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ
subject linked to: Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
Fountain → submittedUnderPseudonym → R. Mutt ⓘ
linked to: R. Mutt 1917
R. Mutt 1917 → component → name "R. Mutt" ⓘ
linked to: R. Mutt 1917