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An open, shallow wooden box with a metal clasp, containing a white photo album in one compartment and two smaller objects in their own divided compartments.

An open, shallow wooden box with a metal clasp. The box is displayed open, and has wooden dividers creating compartments. The box contains a white photo album, with gold embossing, in the large compartment on the left hand side of the box. There are two smaller objects in their individual compartments on the right hand side of the box.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26410
People
Geoffrey Hendricks, American (Littleton, New Hampshire 1931 - 2018 New York, New York)
Photographs by Peter Moore, American (London, England 1932 - 1993 New York, USA)
Distributed by Fluxus, American
Title
Flux Divorce Box with Flux Divorce Album (cut version)
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple
Date
1972-1973
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/28501

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mixed media
Technique
Mixed technique
Dimensions
box: 36.83 x 50.8 x 10.16 cm (14 1/2 x 20 x 4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On last page of album, in ink: "GEOFF HENDRICKS"

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. 155

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
M26410
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Altered white vinyl photo album stamped "Our Flux Divorce / Geoff and Bici / 24 June 1971" in gold on the cover. The album contains 17 photographs of the Hendricks' "Flux Divorce" by Peter Moore, along with an invitation to the event and an index of the photographs. The entire album, with the exception of the back cover, is cut in half horizontally, mimicking the division of property in the original installation/performance/event. The album is housed in a wooden box, also containing relics from the event. The work was assembled in a very small edition by Hendricks, and offered for sale through Fluxus. This is copy number 5.

Publication History

  • Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), p.263

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/2016 - 10/13/2016

Verification Level

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