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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26441
People
George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Peter Moore, American (London, England 1932 - 1993 New York, USA)
Fluxus, American
Title
Biography Box: Peter Moore
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple
Date
1970s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29291

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wooden box containing printed matter, photographs, and assorted objects
Technique
Mixed technique
Dimensions
box: 31.8 x 31.8 x 4.3 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 11/16 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.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
S. <227.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
Copyright
© George Maciunas Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26441
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is one of a series of special boxes - like the "Name Boxes", but even less common - that Maciunas made for friends. Each Biography Box contains an assortment of real and faux objects and artifacts relating to the year of the person's birth, such as publications from the year or day of the person's birth, things relating to important events or inventions of the year, etc. This box also contains four vintage photographs, presumably obtained by Maciunas from Barbara Moore. The photograph on the lid of the box is of Peter Moore as a child.

Publication History

  • Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), p. 322

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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