objet trouvé
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of objet trouvé
C20: literally: found object
Example Sentences
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Today, Fassbender is both Magneto in the ‘‘X-Men’’ series and a darling of critics and intellectuals; he’s somehow a pinup and an objet trouvé and also playing Steve Jobs.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2015
And, for the most part, Téchiné—whose natural mode is melodrama, as in such films as “French Provincial” and “My Favorite Season”—gives the objet trouvé just enough polish to showcase its natural allure.
From The New Yorker ● May 15, 2015
The show consists of a single room-filling objet trouvé titled “Diamond Crossing.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
"Or a chopped piece of guitar that was chucked in there as some kind of Duchampian objet trouvé."
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2011
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