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.

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Generate an image of Fountain by Marcel Duchamp (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.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde artwork ⓘ
conceptual artwork ⓘ
readymade artwork ⓘ
artist Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
artisticConcept appropriation ⓘ
readymade ⓘ
recontextualization of everyday objects ⓘ
artworkType readymade ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
collection lost original ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
depicts urinal ⓘ
describedAs groundbreaking artwork ⓘ
icon of modern art ⓘ
exhibitedAt Society of Independent Artists exhibition (rejected submission) ⓘ
genre Dada ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
hasAlias R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn performance and conceptual practices ⓘ
postmodern art ⓘ
hasReplica 1950 replica by Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
1964 edition of replicas ⓘ
hasTheme definition of art ⓘ
institutional validation of art ⓘ
role of the artist ⓘ
inception 1917 ⓘ
influenced 20th-century avant-garde art ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
institutional critique ⓘ
inscription R. Mutt 1917 ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locationOfCreation New York City ⓘ
lostOrDestroyed original lost ⓘ
materialUsed porcelain ⓘ
medium sanitary ware ⓘ
movement Dada ⓘ
avant-garde ⓘ
notableFor challenging traditional definitions of art ⓘ
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 R. Mutt ⓘ
linked to: Rrose Sélavy
signedBy Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
subjectOf The Blind Man, No. 2 (1917) ⓘ
title Fountain ⓘ

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Philadelphia Museum of Art → notableWorkInCollection → Fountain by Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
The Blind Man → defendedWork → Fountain (readymade) ⓘ
subject linked to: The Blind Man (Dada journal)
linked to: Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
America (toilet sculpture) → comparedTo → Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain ⓘ
subject linked to: America
linked to: Fountain by Marcel Duchamp