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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26444
People
George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Fluxus, American
Title
Soft Ping-Pong Paddle
Classification
Performance Artifacts
Work Type
altered readymade
Date
1964
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29290

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Modified readymade commercial ping-pong paddle
Technique
Assemblage
Dimensions
26.99 x 15.24 x 4.13 cm (10 5/8 x 6 x 1 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.

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
M26444
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A modified commercial ping-pong paddle used in the Fluxus Olympic Games, held on September 18, 1964 at the Washington Square Galleries in New York City. See also M26438 and M26445, which are from the same event.

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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