M26381: Finger Box
Multiples
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M26381
- People
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Ay-O 靉嘔, Japanese (Ibaraki prefecture, Japan born 1931)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
- Title
- Finger Box
- Classification
- Multiples
- Work Type
- multiple
- Date
- 1964
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/30022
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cardboard box filled with foam and covered on all sides with printed labels.
- Technique
- Photolithograph
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 9.2 x 8.4 cm (3 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Ay-O; to Barbara and Peter Moore, New York, New York, 1964. 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
- Fluxus Codex, p. 175
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
- © Ay-O
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- M26381
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Designed by Maciunas and mailed as advertising for three things: "Finger Box", an edition of 50 signed and numbered examples (see M26382) similar to this one but with different fillings; "Tactile Box", an edition of 100 signed and numbered examples of one-foot-cubed boxes with different fillings; and "Orange Box", Ay-O's architectural environment at the Smolin Gallery in NYC.
Exhibition History
- Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
- 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2018 - 10/04/2018
Verification Level
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