The Ready-Made Urinal In Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain

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During the movement there was many pieces created that could be considered the embodiment of the entire movement. But, the ready-mades and pieces created by Marcel Duchamp brought Dada into the spotlight and eventual acceptance into the contemporary art community. One famous piece created by Marcel Duchamp that shocked the world was the ready-made urinal titled, “The Fountain.” The piece was extremely sarcastic in nature and mocked previous sculptors (“Dada Movement, Artist...” 1). The unbrandished urinal was signed R. Mutt in defiance of the other pieces that were at the Grand Central Palace in New York. Being originally rejected the piece somehow made it onto the floor where it was photographed and brought into the spot light. “The Fountain”,

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