M26469: Flux Chess
Multiples
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M26469
- People
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Takako Saito, Japanese (Iwate prefecture, Japan born 1929)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
- Title
- Flux Chess
- Classification
- Multiples
- Work Type
- multiple
- Date
- mid 1960s
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/29165
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Mixed technique
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 14.5 x 6 cm (5 11/16 x 5 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- S. 242
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- M26469
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A readymade wooden box (from Chinatown, NYC) containing rubber washers in the configuration of a chess board. The pieces are white or brown tool bits (grinders) of various shapes and sizes. A Maciunas-designed offset-printed label is attached to the inside of the lid.
Verification Level
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