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  • Fountain (1917): Readymades and the Anti-Art of Marcel Duchamp
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    Fountain (1917): Readymades and the Anti-Art of Marcel Duchamp

    Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one of his most iconic readymades and a masterpiece of twentieth century art. In this article, Singulart explores the concept of the readymade and the history of Fountain in the context of Duchamp’s life.  Who was Marcel Duchamp?  Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was born in Blainville, Normandy in a family where all his siblings also became artists.…