The Fountain

The Fountain which was created by Marcel Duchamp (disguising his identity as R. Mutt) in 1917, appears to have had a significant effect on other artists and art forms as Duchamp takes an ordinary object of day to day life and labels it as art. Many people hold different thoughts and theories about what his piece portrays (some claiming it to resemble a veiled Virgin Mary in a praying position) while others believe it is what it is. Marcel Duchamp’s fountain was recreated by Sherrie Levine in 1991 with a gold finish:

It is possible that it was the work of Duchamp that has inspired contemporary design in restroom facilities such as this one in Chongquing, China: