R. Mutt 1917

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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

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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

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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