M26485: Theatre d'art total
MultiplesThe plastic box has a printed label with a photograph of a van the side of which is covered in signs and texts which read in part, “Theatre d’art Total,” “Tout,” “Absence d’Art equals Art,” “Art equals Ben,” Une chaise est une chaise Ben 64,” Regardez ce point.” “La creation equals nouveau,” La creation equals tout,” La creation equals Intention,” La creation equals Pretention,” “La creation equals Le autres,” La creation equals in satisfaction,” La creation equals aussi.” One card reads “Whenever you see art think of Ben turn your head and walk away.”
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M26485
- People
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Ben Vautier, French (Naples, Italy 1935 - 2024 Nice, France)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
- Title
- Theatre d'art total
- Classification
- Multiples
- Work Type
- multiple
- Date
- 1967
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/29735
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Plastic box with offset printed label, containing 30 offset printed cards
- Technique
- Photolithograph
- Dimensions
- box: 9.3 x 12 x 1 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 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.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- S. 445
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
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- M26485
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), p. 517
Exhibition History
- Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
- 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/07/2015 - 04/06/2016
- Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024
Verification Level
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