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Fountain

1950 (replica of 1917 original)

Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968

Porcelain urinal
12 x 15 x 18 inches (30.5 x 38.1 x 45.7 cm)

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp

* Gallery 182, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor (Stroud Gallery)

1998-74-1

Gift (by exchange) of Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris, 1998

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