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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26438
People
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
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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

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