Marcel Duchamp's famous urinal he called "Fountain" may have actually been created by two women, new research suggests.

Fountain (left), a urinal that Marcel Duchamp presented as art in 1917, as seen in a 2008 exhibition at Tate Modern in London. To its right is period publicity of the same era that presented ...

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Did Marcel Duchamp steal Elsa’s urinal? The founding object of conceptualism was probably “by a German baroness”, but this debate is rarely aired Julian Spalding and Glyn Thompson 1 November ...

In 1917 Marcel Duchamp created his famous ‘Fountain,’ a urinal that was also ‘readymade’ work of art. Reproductions might survive, but the original has long been lost.

Urinal design hasn't changed much since urinals like Marcel Duchamp's 'La Fontaine,' seen on the left. Credit: University of Waterloo ...

One hundred years ago this month, Marcel Duchamp’s controversial Fountain made its debut. It would change art forever, writes Kelly Grovier.

Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 urinal would not stalter anyone entering a modern restroom. That kind of design stagnation is rare in technology.

Duchamp’s submission, however, was rejected because the board (which Duchamp served on) said that his submission didn’t qualify as art. It was an upside-down urinal, which he called Fountain.

When Marcel Duchamp went to purchase some plumbing at J.L. Mott Iron Works in 1917, he wasn't looking for anything special. He just wanted to buy a urinal, preferably portable and small enough to ...

Evidence that Marcel Duchamp may have stolen his most famous work, Fountain, from a woman poet has been in the public domain for many years. But the art world as a whole—museums, academia and ...