Found object
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A found object, or found art, is art created from undisguised, but often modified, items or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917; photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
Alphonse Allais, Des souteneurs encore dans la force de l'âge et le ventre dans l'herbe boivent de l'absinthe, carriage curtain, before 1897.
An Oak Tree by Michael Craig-Martin; 1973
Junk art at Oak Street Beach
Marcel Duchamp
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Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States and in New York City, where he spe
Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1920–21 by Man Ray, Yale University Art Gallery
Three Duchamp brothers, left to right: Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon, and Raymond Duchamp-Villon in the garden of Jacques Villon's studio in Puteaux, France, 1914, (Smithsonian Institution collections)
Five-Way Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 21 June 1917, New York City