M26444: Soft Ping-Pong Paddle

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

Permissions

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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

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