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Fountain (Second Version)"Challenge and Defy" Exhibit at the Sidney Janis Gallery, September 25-October 21, 1950

Duchamp, Marcel
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"Challenge and Defy" Exhibit at the Sidney Janis Gallery, September 25-October 21, 1950
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/13140
Date
1917
Description
Inscribed, lower left rim: "R.MUTT / 1917" This second version of Fountain appeared when Duchamp agreed to participate in an exhibition entitled "Challenge and Defy" which Sidney Janis was organizing for fall 1950...Duchamp looked for a suitable replacement [for Fountain], and finding none, he asked Janis to look for a urinal that closely resembled the original during an upcoming trip to Europe. Janis...found and purchased a urinal at a flea market on the outskirts of Paris. Duchamp approved the choice, signed the urinal "R. Mutt, 1917", and submitted it for exhibit in "Challenge and Defy." Camfield, Marcel Duchamp: Fountain pp 77-78.
 
installation view, Duchamp's Fountain, 1950 (second version) is seen at lower right, wall mounted in the fuctional position of a urinal. Other artists included are (left to right) Delvaux, Dali, Magritte, and Dali
 
Type of Work
Ready-made; Exhibition (event)
Subject
Found objects (Art), Dadaism, Facsimiles, Ready-mades, Urinals (plumbing fixtures), Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. Fountain, Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.), Art, French --20th century, Art, American --20th century, Sculpture, American --20th century, Sculpture, French --20th century, Art, Modern --20th century, Art --Exhibitions, Surrealism, Anti-art, Dalí, Salvador, 1904-, Magritte, René, 1898-1967, Delvaux, Paul
Rights
(c) Richard Colter, courtesy Sidney Janis Gallery, NY
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