objet trouvé
[ awb-zhe troo-vey ]
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How to use objet trouvé in a sentence
So maybe what I've really got here is an Old Master discard being used – by me, the museum visitor – as a modern objet trouvé.
British Dictionary definitions for objet trouvé
objet trouvé
/ French (ɔbʒɛ truve) /
nounplural objets trouvés (ɔbʒɛ truve)
any ordinary object considered from an aesthetic viewpoint
Origin of objet trouvé
1C20: literally: found object
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