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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26471
People
Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi, Japanese (Okayama, Japan born 1938)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Willem de Ridder, Dutch (born 1939)
Fluxus, American
Title
Events and Games
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple
Date
c. 1965
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29163

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lidded cardboard box with offset-printed label, containing 20 printed cards
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
10.3 x 15 x 1.5 cm (4 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 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

Edition
European Fluxshop version
Standard Reference Number
S. 397

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
M26471
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This version of Shiomi's Events and Games is the one produced by Willem de Ridder for the European Fluxshop in Amsterdam. While the contents are essentially the same Maciunas-produced printed matter and label, the New York Fluxus edition was issued in a plastic box. Fifteen of the cards are printed in English on one side and in Japanese on the other. The remaining five are printed only in English. Maciunas planned to produce editions of a number of Fluxus artists' "collected works" in a boxed format so that additional works could be added to later copies (see also George Brecht's "Water Yam" and Robert Watts's "Events", among others).

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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