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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26481
People
Daniel Spoerri, Swiss (Galati, Romania 1930 - 2024)
François Dufrêne, French (Paris 1930 - 1982)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
L'Optique Moderne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
artist's book
Date
1963
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29341

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset-printed Artist's Book
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
20 x 14 x 0.8 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 5/16 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. 415

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
© 2020 Daniel Spoerri / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Switzerland
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26481
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This edition was originally planned at 700 copies, although Maciunas, reacting to reports that they were so badly printed as to be unsellable, seems to have duped the printer out of payment, and in the process only managed to collect 300 copies, abandoning the other 400.

Publication History

  • Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), pp. 488-90

Verification Level

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