A white lab coat with three pockets and embroidery.
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The white lab coat has lapels, a breast pocket and two pockets at waist level. The arms are full-length. Over the breast pocket the word “Fluxworker” has been embroidered in dark thread in script. There are four buttons.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26439
People
George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Contributing artist: Hi Red Center, Japanese (active 1960s)
Issued by Fluxus, American
Title
"Fluxworker" Lab Coat
Classification
Performance Artifacts
Work Type
altered readymade
Date
1966
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29254

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cotton convas lab coat with embroidery
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
greatest dimen.: 119 x 150 cm (46 7/8 x 59 1/16 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.

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
M26439
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
An altered readymade lab coat with "Fluxworker" embroidered above the left chest pocket. A small number of these coats were made as "costume" for the pseudo-medical personnel who acted as examiners at the Hi Red Center Fluxclinic at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on June 4, 1966. Similar coats were worn in the Hi Red Center street cleaning event and later performances of the Fluxclinic. This coat was worn by Barbara Moore for the 1966 event.

Exhibition History

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

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