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Found object

Found object

Sculpture & Objects

An object—often utilitarian, manufactured, or naturally occurring—that was not originally designed for an artistic purpose, but has been repurposed in an artistic context.

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Merz Picture 32 A. The Cherry Picture (Merzbild 32 A. Das Kirschbild)

Merz Picture 32 A. The Cherry Picture (Merzbild 32 A. Das...

Kurt Schwitters

1921

Object

Object

Meret Oppenheim

Paris, 1936

Untitled

Untitled

Mike Kelley

1990

First Landing Jump

First Landing Jump

Robert Rauschenberg

1961

Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle Wheel

Marcel Duchamp

New York, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913)

Untitled (Bébé Marie)

Untitled (Bébé Marie)

Joseph Cornell

early 1940s

Cabinet (from Project 82 - "Rescue Archeology: A Project for The Museum of Modern Art")

Cabinet (from Project 82 - "Rescue Archeology: A Project ...

Mark Dion

2004

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Rachel Harrison

2007

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan is the World’s Largest Gothic Cathedral. Except, of course, that it is a fake; first by the simple fact of being built in Manhattan, at the turn of the century. But the stone work is re-inforced with steel which is expanding with rust. Someday it will destroy the stone. The Cathedral is in Morningside Heights overlooking a panoramic view of Harlem which is separated by a high fence.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan is the ...

Jimmie Durham

1989

Untitled (Night Train)

Untitled (Night Train)

David Hammons

1989

Disgusting Mattress

Disgusting Mattress

Carol Bove

2012

Disease Thrower #5

Disease Thrower #5

Guadalupe Maravilla

2019

Misc. objects

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

n.d.

Mezzadro Seat

Mezzadro Seat

Achille Castiglioni

1957