'Fountain' - Marcel Duchamp

125 hours stitching time
over 21,000 stitches


Finished piece framed 
12" x 16"

Fountain is the most famous of Duchamp's so-called ready made sculptures ordinary manufactured objects designated by the artist as works of art. It epitomises the assault on convention and accepted notions of art for which Duchamp became known. 


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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason because its copyright has expired.

The original, which is now lost, consisted of a standard urinal, laid flat on its back and signed with a pseudonym, 'R. Mutt 1917'. The 'Fountain' we would see on display to day is one of a small number of replicas which Duchamp authorised in 1964, based on a photograph of the original by 
Alfred Stieglitz.

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