MARCEL DUCHAMP/ RICHARD MUTTS "FOUNTAIN

S. Banz has brought together and evaluated all the relevant documents and sources relating to Fountain by R. Mutt alias M. Duchamp. At least one thing is certain after reading them: Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven had definitively nothing to do with the crea tion of Fountain. He points out that the claims of S. Hustvedt, G.Thompson and I. Gammel that Duchamp had stolen the idea for Founta in from the Baroness is a pure assertion. He proves that it was indeed L. Norton, later wife of E. Varèse, who brought Fountain to t he famous...[Read more]