M26430: Sacrament Fluxkit

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26430

People

Carla Liss, American (1944 - 2012)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American

Title

Sacrament Fluxkit

Classification

Multiples

Work Type

multiple

Date

early 1970s

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/29262

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White plastic box with offset-printed label, ten labeled glass vials of liquid

Technique

Mixed technique

Dimensions

box: 9.3 x 12 x 2.5 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 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. <235.I

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

M26430

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This edition was originally intended to have used test tubes rather than medicine vials, but appears to have never been produced in such a way. As it is, the various waters are contained in Maciunas's own used medicine vials.

Publication History

• Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), pp. 315-6

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