found object


found object

n. A natural object or an artifact not originally intended as art, found and considered to have aesthetic value. Also called objet trouvé.
[Translation of French objet trouvé : objet, object + trouvé, past participle of trouver, to find.]

found object

n another name for objet trouvé

found′ ob′ject


n. a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and is exhibited as such. [1955–60; translation of French objet trouvé]