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Fountain

    Marcel Duchamp—1917

  • Author/Title Punning

    Submitted under the name R. Mutt, Fountain conceals the artist’s identity and mocks the idea of authorship itself. The pseudonym parodies both American branding (“Mott”) and anonymity, turning the act of naming into a performance of misdirection.

  • Subversion of Glamour

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  • Drips as Sabotage

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  • Denial of Function

    By placing a urinal on its back and calling it art, the artist severs it from its intended use. Fountain no longer functions as plumbing—it functions as provocation.

  • Surface Disruption

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  • Artistic Citation

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