ID: 700008411 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008411	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Fountain (sculpture (visual works); Marcel Duchamp (French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-1...; 1917)

Note: In April 1917, Duchamp sent a urinal to the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists at the Grand Central Palace in New York. He titled it "Fountain" and signed in "R. Mutt/1917." The object caused a sensation and was rejected by the committee, even though the rules stated that all works would be accepted from anyone who paid the entrance fee. Fountain was displayed and photographed at Alfred Stieglitz's studio, and the photo published in The Blind Man, but the original has been lost. Some legends attest that the work was purposefully broken. The work is regarded by some art historians and theorists of the avant-garde as a major landmark of Modern art, signifying the shift toward conceptually. Replicas were commissioned by Duchamp in the 1960s, and several now are on display in a number of different museums.

Titles:

Fountain (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

ready-made (found object) [300185153]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by material>, found object sculpture, found objects)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1917

Creator Display:

Marcel Duchamp (French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-1968) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Duchamp, Marcel (French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-1968) [500115393]

Locations:

Creation: New York [7007567] (Geographic)

Display Materials: porcelain

	porcelain (material) [300010662]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material))

Dimensions: not available

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Dada [300021500] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	urinal (container) [300198896]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, <containers for personal use>, <containers for health care>) (AAT)

	ready-made (found object) [300185153]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by material>, found object sculpture, found objects) (AAT)

Inscriptions: "R.Mutt/1917"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Fountain	........ [VP]
	........ Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (1997) 468

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 15 May 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (1997) 468-469
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 9 May 2014