Fountain.
Title
Fountain .
Creator
Duchamp, Marcel (French painter, sculptor, and writer, 1887-1968) Stieglitz, Alfred (American photographer, editor, and publisher, 1864-1946)
Date
1917
Style/Period
Dada Modern (styles and periods) Modernist
Subject
Plumbing fixtures Fountains Men Bodily functions Urination
Description
Original photograph of Marcel Duchamp's Fountain by Alfred Stieglitz . New York , 1917 .
Material
Found objects Urinals (plumbing fixtures) Plumbing fixtures
Measurements
Photograph: 23.5 x 18 cm / 9.3 x 7 in
Technique
Gelatin silver process Photographic processes Photographic techniques Photography Sculpting
Inscription
On front of urinal, lower left: R. MUTT 1917
Work Type
Gelatin silver prints Photographs Photographic prints Sculpture Ready-mades Found objects
Source
Bonk, Ecke. Marcel Duchamp: The Box in a Valise: de ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Selavy: Inventory of an Edition. Trans. David Britt. New York: Rizzoli, 1989. (p.205)
Rights
Photo credit: Uwe Düttmann. Photograph reproduced in Bonk courtesy: Copyright © 1989 by Schirmer/Mosel, Munchen. Copyright © for the works of Marcel Duchamp 1986 by A.D.A.G.P. Paris and Cosmopress, Geneva. Translation copyright © 1989 by Thames and Hudson Ltd., London.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 533-19.jpg
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