• Some have contested that Duchamp created Fountain, but rather assisted in submitting the piece to the Society of Independent Artists for a female friend.
  • Duchamp’s Fountain itself is, to be irreverent (I am sure Duchamp would not have minded), little more than a urinal bought from a plumbing store.
  • Fountain is an example of what Duchamp called a 'readymade', an ordinary manufactured object designated by the artist as a work of art.
  • Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one of the most iconic artworks in the history of modern art. But how did a urinal become so important?
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  • The shock value of Fountain was largely due to its title, which signaled that Duchamp was presenting a work of art instead of a utilitarian object.
  • Duchamp later had pictures taken of Fountain where he could later compare it to Buddha and the Virgin Mary. They all had very similar shapes to one another.
  • Marcel Duchamp1917 - 1964. La Galleria Nazionale. ... Title: Fountain. Creator: Marcel Duchamp. Creator Lifespan: 1887 - 1968. Date: 1917 - 1964.
  • We only have 17 copies that Duchamp created in the 1960s.The indeterminate origins of the Fountain only add to its many layers and complexities.
  • Fountain by Marcel Duchamp is a 1917 readymade artwork that is comprised of a porcelain urinal marked “R. Mutt”. Duchamp remarked that his urinal...