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found object
noun
- 1. A term used by the Dadaists and Surrealists for any everyday object incorporated in a picture.
2. Any object, such as a piece of driftwood or a length of rope, picked up and exhibited as a work of art, displayed either on its own or in a composition. Also called objet trouvé.
