found object
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of found object
1955–60; translation of French objet trouvé
Example Sentences
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Shamus Skoch, a found object artist, displays his work.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
They fit in well with Philadelphia’s collection, evoking at once Duchamp’s devotion to the found object and Cézanne’s obsession with process.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021
The idea that you could prepare dinner like a luminary gastronome using a found object took hold and would not let go.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2019
Johns said he liked it because it allowed him to treat the design of the painting as a given, a found object, and then to do various painterly things to it.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 3, 2018
With her background in art, Lingle designed the space one found object and one Pinterest board at a time.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2017
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