A plastic box containing solid plastic with a printed label.
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The white plastic box contains a solid piece of white plastic. The printed label shows an open box with a round insignia on inside of the raised lid, a circle is surmounted by a crown, around the center the words “Fluxbox by Per Kirkeby” are printed. The surface of the box is a grid of dark squares with white center holes, the front of the box is divided into two panels. The panel has the words “Fluxbox by Per Kirkeby” printed in script. The bottom panel has two rows of three rectangles with circles hanging from the top line.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26419
People
Per Kirkeby, Danish (Copenhagen, Denmark 1938 - 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Flux Box (Solid Plastic in Plastic Box)
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple
Date
late 1960s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/28840

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Solid block of white plastic in white plastic box with offset-printed label
Technique
Mixed technique
Dimensions
box: 12 x 9.3 x 1.6 cm (4 3/4 x 3 11/16 x 5/8 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. 198

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 the Artist
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26419
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), pp.293-4

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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