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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26478
People
Daniel Spoerri, Swiss (Galati, Romania 1930 - 2024)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Meal Variation No. 2 Eaten by Marcel Duchamp, From 31 Variations on a Meal
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1965
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/31525

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Screen print on cloth
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
65.5 x 78 cm (25 13/16 x 30 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. 418

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
© 2020 Daniel Spoerri / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Switzerland
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26478
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This piece derives from Spoerri's 1964 work "31 Variations on a Meal" at the Allan Stone Gallery in NY. "31 Variations" consisted of meals eaten by various artists and art world figures. Spoerri then affixed the "remains" as artworks entitled "So Easily Made No. ..." Photographs of the meals were taken and George Maciunas began an effort to produce both laminated tabletops and tablecloths like this one. This is one of four Fluxus Edition tablecloths known to have been produced, all of which are in the collection.

Publication History

  • Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), p. 486

Verification Level

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