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In May 1961 , Manzoni collected his own Feces in 90 numbered Can s, which contain 30 Gram s of feces each. He labelled them as '100% pure artist's shit' in Italian, English, French, and German, and sold them for the price of their weight in Gold . Their current estimated value stands at approximately EUR 30,500 ( US$ 25,000–35,000). On May 23 2007, an exemplar has been sold for EUR 124,000 at Sotheby's.'' Sotheby's sells an exemplar for 124,000 euros '' Like Duchamp's readymades, ''Artist's shit'' questions the meaning of art as both cultural and consumer objects by inviting the viewer to confront a system that venerates cans of shit as works of art.'' Poop Culture: How America is Shaped by its Grossest National Product '', ISBN 1-932-59521-X Some of the cans have exploded or leaked as a result of internal pressure or the Corrosion of the metallic parts. FOOTNOTES AND CITATIONS EXTERNAL LINKS
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