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A wooden box containing a rock with a printed label.

The wooden box with metal hinges and a metal clasp hold a large rock with a pitted surface. The number 395 is in white within a greenish-yellow disc on the top. The underside of the lid shows a printed label, a picture of the rock within the box and three lines of text reading, “Robert Watts: flux rock marked by Volume in cc.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26490
People
Robert Watts, American (Burlington, IA 1923 - 1988 Martins Creek, PA)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Flux Rock Marked by Volume in cc
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
altered readymade
Date
c. 1964
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29949

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wooden box with offset printed label, containing rock with press-type lettering
Technique
Mixed technique
Dimensions
box: 13 x 13 x 6.8 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 2 11/16 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. >497.I

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
M26490
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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, 10/10/2019 - 10/04/2021

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