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Fountain (Duchamp)

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An artist chose a plain object.

Marcel Duchamp, 1917, Fountain, photograph by Alfred Stieglitz.jpg
Marcel Duchamp, 1917, Fountain, photograph by Alfred Stieglitz.jpg
It was a white bowl for a bathroom. He turned it to a new side. He called it art. This makes us think in new ways. Do you see art in your home?

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