Games & Puzzles: Bead Puzzle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M26387
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: Bead Puzzle
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: multiple
Date: mid 1960s
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/30010

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Plastic box w/ offset-printed label, hand-typed card, and string of wooden beads
Technique: Mixed technique
Dimensions: 9.3 x 12 x 2.6 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 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. 60

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: M26387
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), pp. 198-199

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M26387: Games & Puzzles: Bead Puzzle