A glass faced gold metal pocket watch case filled with objects.
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The glass faced gold metal pocket watch case is filled with a variety of objects, a square white cube with a hole in the center, an orange marble, a feather, ball bearings, a pin, and other metal objects.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26396
People
George Brecht, American (New York, NY 1926 - 2008 Cologne, Germany)
Previously attributed to Robert Filliou, French (Sauve (Gard), France 1926 - 1986 Dordogne, France)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Eastern Daylight Flux Time
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
altered readymade
Date
early 1970s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/19251

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metal pocket-watch casing containing various small objects
Technique
Assemblage
Dimensions
greatest dimen.: 5 cm (1 15/16 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. 80

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
© Estate of George Brecht / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany.
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26396
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), p.220

Exhibition History

  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/10/2019 - 10/04/2021

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