Provenance is the documentation of artwork, from the conception to the owners, and right up to present day. This gives credence to the art and legitimizes the value. Regarding the attribution question I believe that the many art owners would be in the poop if there were a huge withdrawl of set opinion on many of the artworks out there. And in the end it is probably technology that is the major shift taking place.
The Fountain was certainly an out there idea. Even today it could be looked upon as offensive or ridiculous. At the time it was an important shift to art and perhaps I would have allowed it, but the item in question, a urinal, was.... still the ready-made concept was good one, and it change the meaning. I think it is important to recognize that there are people that make decision about what is art, and we are not all the same.
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