a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and exhibited as such
Word origin
[1955–60; trans. of F objet trouvé]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, geodesic dome, rite of passage, rollout, software
Examples of 'found object' in a sentence
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Found object or expertly painted canvas, as long as you're beautiful, you get in.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Exposed-brick stairwells lead you up to the former classrooms, which now house anything from found-object art to film and sculpture.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Were we being the artists and treating the art like a found object?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A repeated diatonic three-note accompaniment crops up in the sonata like a found object.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What you get a lot of is the practical application of the 'found object'.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He has always insisted he regards his body as a 'found object'.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Nevertheless, he cannot avoid the fact that his body, his found object, is ageing.