Games & Puzzles: Swim Puzzle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M26391
People: George Brecht, American (New York, NY 1926 - 2008 Cologne, Germany)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title: Games & Puzzles: Swim Puzzle
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: multiple
Date: 1964
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/29698

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Wooden box containing offset-printed label, instruction card, and plastic ball
Technique: Mixed technique
Dimensions: box: 27.3 x 9.1 x 3.8 cm (10 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 1 1/2 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: Variant of S. 58, 58a, 59

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
Accession Year: 2005
Object Number: M26391
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: A unique or nearly-unique early version of the edition usually issued in a plastic box (see M26389, M26390). Not recorded in "Fluxus Codex".

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M26391: Games & Puzzles: Swim Puzzle