M26458: A Box of Smile

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26458

People

Yoko Ono, American (Tokyo, Japan born 1933)
Published by Fluxus, American

Title

A Box of Smile

Classification

Multiples

Work Type

multiple

Date

1971

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/29324

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Opaque black plastic box with gold printed lettering, containing metal mirror

Dimensions

box: 5.4 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm (2 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 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.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

S. 350 (variant)

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

© Yoko Ono

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

M26458

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This is a prototype or sample for the Fluxus edition reproduced in "Fluxus etc." as S. 350. In this version, the title is printed (rather than incised) on the lid, and the typeface differs somewhat from the published edition.

Publication History

• Jon Hendricks, ed., Fluxus etc., exh. cat., Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1981), Prototype for S. 350 (p. 176)

Exhibition History

• Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
• 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2018 - 10/04/2018

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