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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.208.114.G
People
Collected by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Used by Robert Watts, American (Burlington, IA 1923 - 1988 Martins Creek, PA)
Title
Artist's Materials for "A Flux Atlas" by Bob Watts
Classification
Artists' Materials
Work Type
artists' material
Date
1975
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/319007

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plastic and stone
Dimensions
14 x 12 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): Container Label: Inscription: "Stones / K. Groh" in blakc marker plus his sticker, all on top of box. Blue paper, folded, reads: "STONE / TRANSPORTATION EVENT / No. II" in black ink. "Dear George! these stones today / are coming from "Baggerloch" / about 50m under the ground near / my house. / loves yours (from?) / Klaus" in black ink. "10 Juni 1975" stamp in blue at top, sticker at the bottom with address. Map of Germany drawn in thick black marker showing friedrichsfehn and other town names I can't decipher in black marker.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Barbara Moore, 1978, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Gift of Barbara Moore
Copyright
© George Maciunas Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.208.114.G
Contact
am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Ten small gray-white stones in a small clear plastic box with handle.

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