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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26440
People
George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Fluxus, American
Title
Name Box: Peter Moore
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Your Name Spelled With Objects: Peter Moore
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple
Date
late 1960s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29253

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plastic box containing objects of various materials
Technique
Mixed technique
Dimensions
box: 11 x 21 x 3.5 cm (4 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 3/8 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. 271

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
© George Maciunas Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26440
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is one of a relatively small series of boxes - both "multiple" and unique - that spell out a person's name with objects. Although Maciunas advertised the edition in the Fluxnewsletter and on price lists of Fluxus editions, he seems primarily to have made them as gifts to friends and supporters. Others include Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Ben Vautier, George Brecht, John Cage, etc.

Publication History

  • Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), pp. 395-6

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/04/2021 - 04/18/2022

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