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12.3: Duchamp, Fountain

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain.

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    Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917/1964, porcelain urinal, paint, (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).

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