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15 July 2015
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Two sailors urinating

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A watercolour by Charles Demuth (1930s) depicting two gay sailors urinating together.

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Obsessed with urination

Two men who turned pee into a subject of art

Urination as both a bodily function and a social practice may prove fascinating for some people. At least, it was for the artists Charles Demuth and Boris O'Klein. The former treated the act of...

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