M26438: Fluxsports Trophy
Performance Artifacts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M26438
- People
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George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Fluxus, American
- Title
- Fluxsports Trophy
- Classification
- Performance Artifacts
- Work Type
- altered readymade
- Date
- 1964
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/29292
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Plastic trophy with altered ping-pong ball
- Technique
- Mixed technique
- Dimensions
- greatest dimen.: 14 x 8 x 6 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 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
- M26438
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A unique object composted of a readymade plastic sports trophy iwth a ping-pong ball set into the cup. The word "fluxsports" is printed on the ball. This trophy was awarded to Peter Moore for winning a ping-pong match at the Fluxus Olympic Games, held on September 18, 1964 at the Washington Square Galleries in New York City. See also M26444 and M26445, both of which were used in 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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