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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26448.20
People
Ben Vautier, French (Naples, Italy 1935 - 2024 Nice, France)
Distributed by Fluxus, American
Title
Total Art Match-Box
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
altered readymade
Date
c. 1965
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/10961

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wooden matchbox, wooden safety matches, printed paper label
Technique
Mixed technique
Dimensions
box: 3.6 x 5.2 x 1.3 cm (1 7/16 x 2 1/16 x 1/2 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. 440

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
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26448.20
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
Altered readymade box of matches, with added printed label.

Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008)

Exhibition History

  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007

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