Finding aid for the Jean Brown papers, 1916-1995 (bulk 1958-1985)

Lynda Bunting, Annette Leddy, Julio Vera, and Petra Warren.


Descriptive Summary

Title: Jean Brown papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-1995 (bulk 1958-1985)
Number: 890164
Creator/Collector: Brown, Jean, 1911-1994
Physical Description: 322 Linear Feet (329 boxes, 8 rolls, 64 flat file folders)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
Fax Number: (310) 440-7780
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: An extensive study collection of avant-garde materials amassed by librarian and art collector, Jean Brown. Her collection documents the Dada and Surrealist art movements and their offshoots, especially Fluxus, mail art, and concrete poetry. Materials include letters, printed matter and ephemera, clippings, nearly 500 art objects, sound recordings, motion pictures, and video recordings.
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Language: Collection material is in English.

Biographical/Historical Note

Jean Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, 20 December 1911. Her father, Irving Levy, was a rare book dealer. During the Depression Brown worked in a library in Springfield, Massachusetts where she was trained in library cataloging.
Brown amassed a significant and rich body of materials by many of the most influential and challenging artists of the 20th century. The initial inspiration for the collection was provided by Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology, 1951, edited by Robert Motherwell. In the 1960s Brown and her husband, Leonard Brown, traveled to Europe frequently to acquire Dada and Surrealist art works, books, pamphlets and papers, many of which were documented in Motherwell's anthology.
When Leonard died in 1971, Brown moved into the Shaker Seed House in Tyringham, Massachusetts. From this point on her collection grew rapidly as Brown acquired materials from the movements, especially Fluxus, mail art and concrete poetry, that grew out of Dada and Surrealism. Many of these artists worked on the fringes of the established museum and gallery system and showed their work in alternative spaces or created alternative distribution systems.
Brown's primary goal was to assemble a study collection. She acquired comprehensively on the topics mentioned above. This included standing orders with some small presses to acquire all of their output. Her early appreciation of books lead naturally to an interest in artists' books. If an artist's work interested her she asked the artist to create a book for her archive. In the early 1970s, her son Jon sent notices about the archive to every art history graduate program. Scholars and graduate students with research interests were invited to use the collection.
Brown maintained close friendships with many of the artists whose work she collected, including George Maciunas, Dick Higgins, Ken Friedman, Peter Frank, Mirella Bentivoglio, and Rimma and Valeriy Gerlovin, to name a few. They visited frequently and created works for the archive in her upstairs workroom, a room designed by Maciunas. Brown became a part of the international mail art network. Every major mail artist sent her examples of their work. Eventually, she found it impossible to keep up with the quantity of mail she was receiving and by the mid-1980s had stopped answering their letters. Brown died May 1, 1994 in Tyringham.

Administrative Information

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Publication Rights

Preferred Citation

Jean Brown papers, 1916-1995 (bulk 1958-1985), Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession nos. 890164 and 2016.M.14
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa890164

Acquisition Information

Acquired from Jean Brown in 1988 with the exception of Series VIII. Correspondence with Bernard Karpel and miscellaneous notes, 1958-1973, undated, which was acquired from the family of Jean Brown in 2016 (2016.M.14).

Processing History

A number of people processed and cataloged parts of the Jean Brown papers from 1988-2002. Eric Vos, a researcher and consultant during periods of 1988, 1989 and 1990, processed and cataloged sections of the collection (see research file for his report and checklist). Jon Hendricks, consultant, visited in August 1989 and helped Vos identify Fluxus materials. Intern Albert DePetrillo organized a portion of the correspondence in February 1990.
Some of the objects were damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. This incident prompted a team of collection maintenance personnel - Rick Zwies, John Pearson, Jessica Holada - to measure and order boxes for each object and write conservation notes. Most of this work was done in 1995-1996, but continued until 1997. Bennington intern Mikel Wadewitz and Pearson photographed about 70% of the objects.
From April 1996 to May 1997, Lynda Bunting reorganized Vos's series arrangements, sorted and integrated unprocessed materials from ca. 25 boxes, and wrote the bulk of this finding aid. Much of the Dada and Surrealist ephemera had been separated from the archive in 1985-1986. Bunting collected these materials, along with some others that had been separated, and reintegrated them into the collection. In addition, she transferred to the library 181 sound recordings and ca. 950 books, serials, and prints. Over 320 book sales catalogs were deaccessioned. The art objects were reorganized into a rough alphabetical order, thus rendering Vos' numbering system obsolete.
In Summer 1996, Phil Curtis integrated and organized materials within Series II. and Series III. From September-December 1996, Kirsten Hammer organized most of Series III., Series IV., and Series V. Peter Frank was hired as a consultant for four days in February 1997 to make attributions on unidentified items.
In 2000-2002 Annette Leddy and Julio Vera provided object-level descriptions for the art objects in Series VI.
In 2016, one box of additional correspondence and notes received from the family of Jean Brown was cataloged by Kit Messick and intellectually integrated into the collection as Series VIII. In December 2018, three boxes of unprocessed material, maily prints and posters, were processed and intellectually integrated into Series I. by Pietro Rigolo (boxes 319*, 320*, 321). In Summer 2021, Petra Warren updated the finding aid in ArchivesSpace by intelectually reorganizing the hierarchical description and adding date components at the file level in Series I.

Related Archival Material

Dick Higgins papers, 1960-1994 (bulk 1972-1993), Accession no. 870613.
Bern Porter mail art collection, 1953-1992 (bulk 1978-1992), Accession no. 900270.

Separated Materials

Published items, including a large number of small press books and journals, were transferred to the general collection of the Getty Research Institute. They can be found by searching the library catalog  for the phrase "Jean Brown Collection."

Scope and Content of Collection

The Jean Brown papers (1916-1995, bulk 1958-1985) form a significant ensemble of original works and printed matter, and document Brown's intent to build a study collection of avant-garde materials. Dada and Surrealism provided the core inspiration for Brown's acquisitions, as well as for the later artists whose work she collected. In-depth holdings by artists participating in Fluxus, happenings, concrete, sound and visual poetry, new music, mail art, copy art, rubber stamp printing, and video and performance art underscore her range of interests. The collection's broad scope presents a comprehensive account of alternative movements, distribution networks and exhibition venues of the 1960s and 1970s.
Materials by Fluxus and mail artists comprise the bulk of Series I. Of primary import are manuscripts, performance instructions, scores, correspondence, drawings and announcements by Fluxus artists. Concrete, visual and sound poetry is substantially represented through manuscripts, typescripts, chapbooks and prints.
Announcements and invitations in Series II include postcards, fliers, press releases and posters from galleries, museums and avant-garde artists' spaces. The majority of the venues are situated in New York City, providing a rich account of exhibitions, happenings and poetry readings within a prolific artistic community.
Series III includes printed ephemera and clippings of Dada and Surrealism, copy art, dance, Fluxus, happenings, mail art, music, poetry, rubber stamp printing, semiotics, small presses, and video. Items typically document group activities occurring in venues different from those in Series II. The small presses section, the bulk of this series, is comprised of catalogs and publicity from publishers, distributors and bookstores dealing in artists' books, poetry and art multiples.
Series IV comprises clippings from newspapers and magazines concerning artists, galleries, books, and cultural trends. The most common sources are the New York Times and New Yorker magazine.
Series V consists of Brown's personal files including a transcript copy of her UCLA Oral History (1993), and an annotated copy of Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology. There are several series of card catalogs handwritten by Brown listing her collection of books and objects.
Series VI forms a significant portion of the archive, consisting of approximately 500 original art objects created by Fluxus artists and other contemporaries. Many of the items are small-scale and ephemeral, reflecting the Fluxus spirit of mass-produced or home-made inexpensive art. Some are one-of-a-kind pieces created especially for Brown.
Series VII includes audio recordings, primarily of new music, poetry readings and lectures, some of which are homemade or were recorded live. Recordings include a lecture by Marcel Duchamp, works by John Cage and Opal Nations, homemade cassettes by Klaus Groh, a film by Joseph Beuys and a video by the Gerlovins (Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin) comprising clips of Brown in her home with Fluxus objects.
The Correspondence in Series VIII predominantly comprises letters received from Bernard Karpel (1911-1986), bibliographer and chief librarian of the Museum of Modern Art from 1942 to 1973. The letters, largely addressed to Jean, relate chiefly to the development and provenance of Brown's collection of Dada, Surrealist, and Fluxus art documentation.
Publications received with the archive have been separated to the Getty Research Library and they can be found by searching the library catalog for the phrase "Jean Brown Collection."

Arrangement note

The collection is arranged in 8 series: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Series I. Artists' files, 1916-1995, bulk 1958-1985 Series II. Announcements and invitations, ca. 1960-1989, bulk 1970-1985 Series III. Topical ephemera, 1917-1989, bulk 1965-1989 Series IV. Miscellaneous clippings, 1957-1987, bulk 1980-1985 Series V. Jean Brown personal files, 1993, undated Series VI. Art objects, 1958-1986, undated Series VII. Audiovisual materials, 1965-1987, undated Series VIII. Correspondence with Bernard Karpel and miscellaneous notes, 1958-1973, undated.

Indexing Terms

Subjects - Names

Brown, Jean, 1911-1994

Subjects - Topics

Video art
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Visual poetry
Dadaism
Fluxus (Group of artists)
Concrete poetry
Copy art
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- 20th century
Performance art
Music -- 20th century
Happening (Art)
Surrealism
Sound poetry
Small presses
Rubber stamp printing

Genres and Forms of Material

Audiocassettes
Videotapes
Ephemera
Audiotapes
Scores
Motion pictures (information artifacts)
Mail art

Contributors

Young, La Monte
Fine, Albert
Mac Low, Jackson
Shiomi, Mieko
Souza, Al, 1944-
Spoerri, Daniel, 1930-
Truck, Fred
Roth, Dieter, 1930-1998
Saito, Takako, 1929-
Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
Sharits, Paul
Vostell, Wolf, 1932-1998
Vries, Herman de, 1931-
Man Ray, 1890-1976
Watts, Robert, 1923-1988
Williams, Emmett
Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963
Ulrichs, Timm
Valoch, Jiří
Vautier, Ben, 1935-
Corner, Philip
Coracle Press
Colby, Sas
Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002
Clark, Thomas A.
Cavellini, Guglielmo Achille, 1914-
Nannucci, Maurizio, 1939-
Campos, Augusto de
Cage, John
Brown, Jean, 1911-1994
Brecht, George
Karpel, Bernard, 1911-1986
Beuys, Joseph
Bennett, John M.
Banana, Anna, 1940-
Furnival, John, 1933-
Galántai, György
Friedman, Ken, 1949-
Furnival, Astrid, 1940-
Frank, Peter, 1950-
Franklin Furnace (Archive)
Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Etlinger, Amelia
Filliou, Robert
Durland, Steven
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945
COUM Transmissions (Musical group)
D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992
Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
Kirkeby, Per
Knížák, Milan
Knowles, Alison, 1933-
Huelsenbeck, Richard, 1892-1974
Horn, Stu
Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995
Institute for Art and Urban Resources
Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
Hendricks, Geoffrey
Hompson, Davi Det, 1939-1996
Higgins, E. F.
Gerlovina, Rimma
Gerlovin, Valeriy
Held, John, 1947-
Groh, Klaus, 1936-
Pittore, Carlo
Porter, Bern, 1911-2004
Random, S. (Steven), 1954-
Ono, Yōko
Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006
Patterson, Ben, 1934-2016
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
Phillips, Tom, 1927-2005
Nations, Opal L.
Olbrich, Jürgen O.
Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-
Leo Castelli Gallery
Maciunas, George, 1931-1978
Moorman, Charlotte


 

Series I. Artists' files, 1916-1995, (bulk 1958-1985)

Physical Description: 96 Linear Feet (92 boxes, 1 roll, and 43 flat file folders)

Scope and Content Note

Files contain a vast array of media, including manuscripts and typescripts, chapbooks, performance instructions and scores, posters, drawings, prints, exhibition and performance announcements, mail art, copy art, rubber stamp printing, and some correspondence and clippings, filed alphabetically by artist. The genesis of the archive can be found within the relatively small, but seminal collection of manuscripts, announcements, letters and clippings of the Dada and Surrealist artists Robert Desnos, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Richard Huelsenbeck, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, and Tristan Tzara (see also Series III for more Dada and Surrealist printed matter).
Materials by Fluxus and mail artists comprise the bulk of this series. Of primary import are manuscripts, performance instructions, scores, correspondence, drawings and announcements by Fluxus artists, including George Brecht, Robert Filliou, Milan Knížák, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik, Tomas Schmit, Carolee Schneemann, Daniel Spoerri, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, and Robert Watts. Generally, Brown purchased from the artists themselves, and in some instances acquired an artist's personal archive. Thus, this series contains large holdings of documents generated by or sent to Sas Colby, Albert Fine, Ken Friedman, John Furnival, Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin, Dick Higgins, George Maciunas, Charlotte Moorman, Opal Nations, Benjamin Patterson, Bern Porter, Fred Truck, and Emmett Williams. Most of the correspondence is amongst these artists and their friends and colleagues with a preponderance located in the files of Furnival, Maciunas and Williams. Letters from Brown are interspersed throughout the Series.
Also notable are the large concentrations of mail art, rubber stamp printing and copy art by Anna Banana, Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, COUM Transmissions, Amelia Etlinger, John Held, E.F. Higgins III, Davi Det Hompson, Stu Horn, Ray Johnson, Mohammed Archive, Carlo Pittore, Steve Random, Al Souza, and many others. Concrete, visual and sound poetry is substantially represented through manuscripts, typescripts, chapbooks and prints by John M. Bennett, Augusto de Campos, Thomas A. Clark, Bob Cobbing, Coracle Press, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Jackson Mac Low, Tom Phillips, and Herman de Vries. Scores and performance announcements highlight the new music works of John Cage and Philip Corner.
 

A

box 1, folder 1

Abady, Sheila, 1983 November 21

box 1, folder 2

Aballea, Martine, 1971-1981, undated

box 1, folder 3

Acconci, Vito, 1969-1982, undated

Scope and Content Note

Mostly announcements (see also Box 267*).
box 1, folder 4

Adamus, Karel, 1970-1971, undated

box 1, folder 5

Adler, Jeremy, 1971-1981, undated

box 1, folder 6

Adorno, Olga, 1982 January 15

box 1, folder 7

Adrian, Robert (aka Robert Adrian X), 1977-1980, undated

box 1, folder 8

Agostini, Peter, 1963-1964

box 1, folder 9

Albrecht d [Dietrich Albrecht], 1972-1976, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 1**.
box 1, folder 10

Alger, 1977

box 1, folder 11

Altorjay, Gábor, 1968, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 1, folder 12

Anastasi, William, 1978 February

box 1, folder 13

Anatol [Karl Heinz Herzfeld], 1969

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
 

Andersen, Eric

box 1, folder 14-17

Andersen, Eric, 1961, 1971-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes mail art, decals, scores, performance instructions. See also Box 257*.
box 257*, folder 2

Andersen, Eric

Scope and Content Note

Substantial number of scores and instructions, 1961-1971.
box 1, folder 18

Anderson, Beth, 1974-1980, undated

box 1, folder 19

Anderson, Holly A., undated

box 1, folder 20

Anderson, Laurie, 1973-1981, undated

box 1, folder 21

Andre, Carl, 1968-1976

box 1, folder 22

Andrews, Bruce, 1978-1980, undated

box 1, folder 23

Angelucci, Giulio, 1977

box 1, folder 24

Ant Farm [Doug Michels, Chip Lord and Curtis Schreier], 1975-1977

box 1, folder 25

Antin, Eleanor, 1968-1981, undated

box 1, folder 26

Anüll, Ian, undated

box 1, folder 27

Apple, Billy, 1971-1980, undated

box 1, folder 28

Aquino, Angelo de, 1972-1977, undated

box 1, folder 29

Arias-Misson, Alain, 1974, undated

box 1, folder 30

Arman, 1966-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 1, folder 31

Arnold, Charles A., 1979-1984, undated

box 1, folder 32

Arp, Jean; Sophie Taeuber Arp; Marguerite Arp, 1963-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 1, folder 33

Art & Language, 1977, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 1**.
box 1, folder 34

Artaud, Antonin, 1976, undated

box 1, folder 35

Artistamps, 1982-1984, undated

box 1, folder 36

Arts, Arno, 1984, undated

box 1, folder 37

Ashley, Robert, 1979, undated

box 1, folder 38

Ashworth, Robert, 1983-1985, undated

box 1, folder 39

Atchley, Dana (Ace Space Co.), 1970-1984, undated

box 1, folder 40

Ay-O, 1964-1982, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 257*.
box 1, folder 41

A miscellaneous, 1963-1985, undated

 

B

box 1, folder 42

B., Mats (Mats Birger Rindeskär), 1977-1979, undated

box 1, folder 43

Baader, Johannes, 1951-1952, 1966, undated

box 319*, folder 1

Babel, Tara and Stitt, Andre

box 1, folder 44

Baik, Kum Nam, 1981-1982, undated

box 1, 321

Bailey, Peter, 1974

box 1, folder 46

Baj, Enrico, 1974

box 1, folder 47

Baker, Jan and Warren Lehrer, 1982, undated

box 1, folder 48

Bakhchanyan, Vagrich, 1974-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 257*.
box 1, folder 49

Baldessari, John, 1977-1981, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 262*.
box 1, folder 50

Balet, Marc, undated

box 1, folder 51

Balken, Beck, 1983

box 1, folder 52

Ball, Hugo, 1916-1917, 1986, undated

box 2, folder 1-6

Banana, Anna, 1971-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence; publications of and about her work; announcements and reviews of "Futurist Sounds"; many signed sheets of stamps; and other announcements; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Furnival and Gaglione.
box 2, folder 7

Bann, Stephen, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 262*.
 

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona)

box 2, folder 8

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona), 1976-1984

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 63; Box 257*.
box 257*, folder 4

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona)

Scope and Content Note

"Simian project" (1982) letters and envelopes, mail art envelope, and three photocopied works.
box 257*, folder 5

Barancik, Robert

Scope and Content Note

16 posters designed by Barancik, some duplicates.
box 2, folder 9

Barber, Daniel, 1979-1980, undated

box 2, folder 10

Barboza, Diego, 1973-1978, undated

box 2, folder 11

Barnes, Molly, undated

box 2, folder 12-13

Baroni, Vittore, 1962-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

Mostly mail art.
box 2, folder 14

Barrile, Paolo, 1966-1981

box 2, folder 15

Bedeschi, Giuseppe and Paolo Ponzi, 1978-1981, undated

box 2, folder 16

Beilman, Patrick (Cow Town Art), 1981-1983, undated

box 2, folder 17

Beirne, Bill, 1976, undated

box 2, folder 18

Bekaert, Jacques, 1970

box 2, folder 19

Bellmer, Hans, 1974-1981, undated

box 2, folder 20

Bellucci, Toni, 1979-1980, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 2, folder 21

Below, Peter, 1975-1978

box 2, folder 22

Belt, Mike, 1976-1978, undated

box 2, folder 23

Beltrametti, Franco, 1981-1987, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 257*.
box 2, folder 24

Beneš, Barton Lidice, 1977-1981, undated

box 2, folder 25-28

Bennett, John M. (Luna Bisonte Productions), 1972-1984, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes broadsides, cards, chapbooks, Lost and Found Times , catalogs, and works byothers for Luna Bisonte Productions. See also library's holdings for more books; and Box 257*.
box 2, folder 29-31

Bentivoglio, Mirella, 1973-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes articles about her work, chapbooks, and announcements. See also Series VI.
box 3, folder 1

Bergé, Carol

box 3, folder 2

Bertlmann, Renate

 

Beuys, Joseph

box 3, folder 3-5

Beuys, Joseph

Scope and Content Note

Includes announcements, postcards by Beuys (most published by Edition Staeck), and some documents from Organisation für direkte Demokratie durch Volksabstimmung.
box 269*

Beuys, Joseph: Manifesto, Text and Poster, 1970

Scope and Content Note

Manifesto, Text and Poster, 1970, signed and stamped, Edition Hundertmark, Joseph Beuys multiples, cat. no. 28.
box 308**

Beuys, Joseph: The Recommendation (fat letters) , 1973

Scope and Content Note

The Recommendation (fat letters), 1973. Five fat letters signed by Beuys with certificate signed by Beuys and Jürg Brodmann, no. IV/2.2-035/125, Joseph Beuys multiples, cat. no. 85.
flatfile 4**

Beuys, Joseph

Scope and Content Note

13 posters and a print, some signed.
box 3, folder 6

Beveren, Peter van

box 3, folder 7

Beyer, Gerd

box 3, folder 8

Binga, Tomaso

box 3, folder 9

Birnbaum, Dana

box 3, folder 10

Biron, Lionel A.

box 3, folder 11

Black, Byron (Baron Infinity)

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 257*.
box 257*, folder 6

Black, Byron

Scope and Content Note

Four color photocopies, three of which are mounted.
box 3, folder 12

Blackburn, Joan

box 3, folder 13

Blaine, Julien [DOC(K)S]

Scope and Content Note

See also DOC(K)S file.
 

Bleus, Guy

box 3, 319*

Bleus, Guy

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 262*; Box 276*; and flat file folder 3**.
box 257*, folder 7

Bleus, Guy

Scope and Content Note

Includes one "Scent-paintings for Carlo Pittore (Do I have to write it in blood? I love you)"; Hasselt Telegraphy-and mail art project (two copies), and posters; seven items total.
box 3, folder 15-18

Bloch, Mark

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence (some from Bloch to others, some photocopies), mail art announcements, Panmag.
box 3, folder 19

Blume, Bernhard Johannes

box 3, folder 20

Bogdanović, Nenad

box 3, folder 21

Boltanski, Christian

box 3, folder 22

Bonkemeyer, Kristin

box 3, folder 23

Bottinelli, Bickhard

box 3, folder 24

Boumans, Bart

box 3, folder 25

Boyce, Larry

box 3, folder 26

Boyd, Don

box 3, folder 27

Brainard, Joe

box 3, folder 28

Brauner, Victor

box 3, folder 29

Bread and Puppet Theatre (Peter Schumann)

box 319*, folder 2

Breakwell, Ian

box 3, folder 30

Brecht, Bertolt

 

Brecht, George

box 3, folder 31-35

Brecht, George

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, mostly from Maciunas (see also Maciunas files), scores, Iced Dice (two copies), Direction, Cloud Scissors, postcards, announcements, articles, and catalogs of his work. Ca. .25 lin. ft. See also flat file folder 3**.
One postcard (20 Nov 1980) from Brecht refers to a "weightless sentence" a reference to his object This Sentence Is Weightless (see Box 130).
box 61

Brecht, George

Scope and Content Note

Something about Fluxus, framed; Univ. of Calif., San Diego, 1964.
box 4, folder 1

Breger, Udo

box 4, folder 2

Brehmer, K. P.

box 4, folder 3

Breton, André

box 4, folder 4

Brett, George

box 4, folder 5

Briga, Tomaso

box 4, folder 6

Brocco, Roberto

box 4, folder 7

Brock, Bazon

box 4, folder 8

Broucke, José van den

box 4, folder 9

Brouwn, Stanley

box 4, folder 10

Brown, Earle

box 4, folder 11

Brown, Ken

box 4, folder 12

Brown, Paul

box 4, folder 13

Brown, Rhett Delford (Mrs.)

box 4, folder 14

Brown, Robert Delford

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 257*; Box 262.
box 4, folder 15

Brown, Trisha

box 4, folder 16

Brus, Günter

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 257*.
box 4, folder 17

Bruscky, Paulo

box 4, folder 18

Buck, Paul

 

Buczak, Brian

box 4, folder 19-20

Buczak, Brian

flatfile 5**

Buczak, Brian

Scope and Content Note

18 drawings.
box 4, folder 21

Bugli, Enrico

box 4, folder 22

Buñuel, Luis

box 4, folder 23

Bunus, Ioan

box 4, folder 24

Burch, Charlton

box 4, folder 25

Burroughs, William S.

box 4, folder 26

Bushmiller, Edgar A.

box 4, folder 27

Byars, James Lee

box 4, folder 28

Bzdok, Henryk

box 4, folder 29

B miscellaneous

 

C

box 4, folder 30

C., Richard

 

Cage, John

Scope and Content Note

Includes some scores, many announcements, programs, and articles dated 1951, 1960, 1978; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 262*.
box 4, folder 31a

Cage, John: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 , 1951, 1978

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript (pencil and ink) score with inscribed title: Imag Landscape No. IV or March No. 2. Also inscribed: "for Jean Brown and the Jean Brown Archive John Cage 1978." With a letter from Carl Solway Gallery, Feb 1978.
box 4, folder 31b

Cage, John: Variations: for David Tudor, 1960

Scope and Content Note

Score, published by Henmar Press, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1960. Reproduction of holograph which was inscribed to Tudor, January 1958. Score includes cover page and six squares of transparent material.
box 4, folder 31c

Cage, John: Theatre Piece : Part II , 1960

Scope and Content Note

Score published by Henmar Press, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1960. Inscribed on cover in pencil: "Bob Dunn."
box 4, folder 32-35

Other scores

box 4, folder 36

Caire, Patricia

box 4, folder 37

Calder, Alexander

box 4, folder 38

Callahan, Brian

box 4, folder 39

Calonne, Jacques

box 4, folder 40

Campbell, Ken

box 4, folder 42

Canepa, Anna

box 4, folder 43

Captain Collage

box 4, folder 44

Cardew, Cornelius

box 4, folder 45

Carrega, Ugo

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 4, folder 46

Carrington, Leonora

 

Carrión, Ulises

box 4, folder 47

Carrión, Ulises

Scope and Content Note

Editor of Ephemera.
box 258*, folder 2

Carrión, Ulises

Scope and Content Note

Issues of Ephemera and poster, nine items total.
box 5, folder 1

Caruso, Luciano, 1966-1981, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 257*.
box 5, folder 2

Castelaz, Daniel, undated

box 5, folder 3-4

Castro, Lourdes, 1963-1981, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes chapbooks, catalogs and announcements. See also Box 267*.
box 5, folder 5

Cataldi, Francesca, 1981, undated

 

Cavellini, Guglielmo Achille

box 5, folder 6-8

Cavellini, Guglielmo Achille, 1977-1984, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes sheets of postage stamps, decals and announcements.
flatfile 8**

Cavellini, Guglielmo Achille

Scope and Content Note

Six posters and a photo, most of which are signed.
box 5, folder 9

Celender, Don, 1981

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 5, folder 10

Chamberlain, John, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 262*.
box 5, folder 11

Chanel, Emo, 1984, undated

box 5, folder 12-13

Cheek, Cris, 1976-1980, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 5, folder 14

Chiari, Giuseppe, 1972-1977, undated

box 5, folder 15

Chiarlone, Bruno, 1982-1984, undated

 

Chopin, Henri

box 5, folder 16

Chopin, Henri, ca. 1966-1986, undated

Scope and Content Note

Comprises thick folder of announcements and Ou publicity.
flatfile 9**

Chopin, Henri

Scope and Content Note

Five silkscreened posters, signed and numbered, and three posters, two of which are signed.
 

Christie, John

box 5, 319*, 321

Christie, John, 1974-1981, undated

flatfile 10**

Christie, John

Scope and Content Note

Five silkscreened posters, signed and numbered.
box 5, folder 18-20

Christo, 1963-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Comprises some correspondence, with announcements and postcards. See also flat file folder 6**.
box 5, folder 21

Cicatelli, Carlo Giovanni [Trinity Press], 1973-1975, undated

box 5, folder 22-23

Claire, Paula, 1970-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes photocopied poems, three copies of The Development of My Sound Poetry, 1961-1983 , and International Concrete Poetry Archive catalog. See also Box 258*; Box 262.
box 6, folder 1-4

Clark, Thomas A. and Laurie Clark (Moschatel Press), 1969-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

File comprises an extensive quantity of chapbooks. See also library's holdings. Ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 6, folder 5

Clark, Elizabeth and Valentin Goroshko [Liz-N-Val], 1980, undated

box 6, folder 6

Claus, Jürgen, 1982, undated

box 6, folder 7

Clerico, Hannes, 1981-1983, undated

box 6, folder 8

Cleveland, Buster, 1976-1984, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 6, folder 9

Coach House Press, undated

Scope and Content Note

Postcards. See also Series VI.
box 6, folder 10-13

Cobbing, Bob, 1968-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

File contains concrete poetry on single sheets, mounted, and in booklet form. Also manuscript "For Swedish poets"; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 258*.
box 6, folder 14

Cohen, Harold, 1977-1983

box 6, folder 15

Cohen, Ronny, 1981-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Mail Art Then and Now exhibition at Franklin Furnace, 1984.
box 6, folder 16

Cohen, Ryosuke, 1984-1985, undated

 

Colby, Sas

box 6, folder 17-21

Colby, Sas archive, 1976-1984, undated

Scope and Content Note

File contains mail art, including items that are sewn, stamped, painted, and color photocopies. Also correspondence with Jean Brown; cards and announcements. See also Series VI.
box 7

Colby, Sas archive, undated

Scope and Content Note

Mail art box.
box 8, folder 1-7

Colby, Sas archive, 1978-1982, undated

Scope and Content Note

Mail art and correspondence received by Colby from other artists. Includes announcements concerning other artists' work. See also Box 258*; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 8, 321

Cole, David, 1980-1984

box 8, folder 9

Collins, James, 1971-1981, undated

box 8, folder 10

Colp, Norman B., 1978-1983

box 8, folder 11

Combs, Marie C., 1976, undated

box 8, folder 12

Comiter, Alvin, 1972

box 8, folder 13

Conte, Bruno, 1977-1979, undated

box 8, folder 14

Cooney, Robert, [1977, 1981]

box 8, folder 15

Copley, William N. (CPLY), 1981

 

Coracle / Tarasque Press (Simon Cutts and Stuart Mills)

box 8, folder 16-25

Coracle / Tarasque Press, 1968-1984, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes cards, chapbooks, Coracle, publicity for books and gallery, and miscellaneous printed matter; ca. .5 lin. ft. See also Series VI.
box 9

Coracle / Tarasque Press, 1968-1973

Scope and Content Note

A selection of Tarasque and Coracle Press cards.
box 10, folder 1

Cornell, Joseph, 1959-1983, undated

box 10, folder 2-3

Corner, Philip, 1978-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes scores, announcements, articles, and a vita. See also flat file folder 6**.
box 10, folder 4

Cotton, Paul, 1978-1979

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 63.
box 10, folder 5-8

COUM Transmissions (Cosey Fanni Tutti and Genesis P. Orridge), 1971-1976, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes announcements, photographs of performances, and performance instructions; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 10, folder 9

Cow Studio, undated

box 10, folder 10

Crane, Mike, 1977-1979, undated

box 10, folder 11

Creative Thing, 1983, undated

box 10, folder 12

Cross, Doris, undated

box 10, folder 13

Crowcroft, Ron, 1978

box 10, folder 14-18

Crozier, Robin, 1971-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes Views, 1978-1982, booklets, drawings and some announcements; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 10, folder 19

Cudworth, Nick, 1979, undated

box 10, folder 20-21

Cunningham, Merce, (and Dance Company), 1971-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Announcements and clippings.
box 11, folder 1-9

Curtay, Jean-Paul, 1981-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Material from 1982-1985 includes much photocopied correspondence from and to Curtay, announcements, and some scores and proposals; ca. .33 lin. ft. See also Box 258*; Roll 4* in Box 276*.
box 11, folder 10

Cushman, Barbara, 1981

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 258*.
box 11, folder 11

Cyprich, Robert, 1969-1973

box 11, folder 12

C miscellaneous, 1914, 1968-1982, undated

 

D

box 11, folder 13

D., Zdenek, 1968

Scope and Content Note

Der Glanz sinkt postcards.
box 11, folder 14

Dakin, Susanna, 1983-1984

box 11, folder 15

Daley, Emil, undated

box 11, folder 16

Dalí, Salvador, 1934-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 258*.
box 11, folder 17

Dallas, Susan, 1978, undated

box 11, folder 18

Dana, Llys, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 11, folder 19-21

Danon, Betty, 1973-1986, undated

Scope and Content Note

Mostly correspondence, poems and scores. See also Box 63.
box 11, folder 22

Darboven, Hanne, 1978-1980

box 11, folder 23

Darling, Lowell, 1973-1977

box 11, 320*, 321

Davies, Hugh, 1974-1981, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Roll 6**.
box 11, folder 25

Davis, Douglas, 1980, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 267*.
box 11, folder 26

De Bernardi, Raffaele, 1977-1979

 

De Campos, Augusto (The Noigandres group)

box 4, folder 41

De Campos, Augusto

flatfile 7**

De Campos, Augusto

Scope and Content Note

Includes signed silkscreened posters, seven items.
box 11, folder 27

De Chirico, Giorgio, 1964-1982, undated

box 11, folder 28

De Filippi, Fernando, undated

box 11, folder 29

De Kooning, Willem, 1981

box 11, folder 33

De Maria, Walter, 1963-1979, undated

box 44, folder 28

De Ridder, Willem

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 60.
box 54, 321

De Vries, Herman

Scope and Content Note

Includes Eschenau Summer Press and Temporary Travelling Press publications by Vries and others, booklets, announcements, and some poetry manuscripts.
box 54, folder 6

De Vries, Peter Y

box 11, folder 30

Delaunay, Sonia, 1980

box 11, folder 31

Delos, Kate, undated

box 11, folder 32

Delvaux, Paul, 1965-1981, undated

box 11, folder 34

Demise, Phil, 1977-1985

box 11, folder 35

Demour, Jack, undated

box 11, folder 36

Dencker, Klaus Peter, 1971-1981

box 12, folder 1

Depew, Wally, 1970-1973, undated

Scope and Content Note

File comprises 20 chapbooks.
box 12, folder 2

Desiato, Giuseppe, 1980, undated

box 12, folder 3

Desnos, Robert, 1925-1928, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Three short, personal notes to Madame Aurel and Jean Carrive, and photographs of the first page of a letter to Paul Éluard, ca. 1921-1942.
box 12, folder 4

Dewey, Ken, 1962-1980, undated

box 12, folder 9

Di Donato, Joseph, 1970

box 12, folder 14

Di Palma, Ray, 1977

box 12, folder 15

Di Prima, Diane, 1964

box 12, folder 5

Diacono, Mario, 1977-1978, undated

box 12, folder 6

Diamantini, Chiara, 1976-1979, undated

box 12, folder 7

Dias, Antonio, 1972

box 12, folder 8

Dicktool Co., undated

box 12, folder 10

Dienes, Sari, 1974-1981, undated

box 12, folder 11

Dijk, Pier van, 1974-1982, undated

box 12, folder 13

Diotallevi, Marcello, 1980-1987, undated

box 12, folder 16

DOC(K)S (Julien Blaine), 1979

box 12, folder 17

Dogmatic, Irene, 1973-1979, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 258*.
box 12, folder 18

Donati, Biagio, 1979-1981, undated

box 319*, folder 4

Dossi, Ugo

box 12, folder 19

Dot, Marcel, undated

box 12, folder 20

Douglas, Helen, undated

box 12, folder 21

Dowd, John, 1972, undated

box 12, folder 22

Downey, Juan, 1975-1981, undated

box 12, folder 23

Dragoni, Ferruccio, 1979, undated

box 12, folder 24

Dressler, Otto, 1970-1976

box 12, folder 25-26

Dreva, Jerry, 1973-1981, undated

Scope and Content Note

Mail art and documentation of performances.
box 12, folder 27

Dreyfus, Charles, 1977-1979, undated

box 12, folder 28

Duch, Leonhard Frank, 1977, undated

 

Duchamp, Marcel

box 12, folder 29-31

Duchamp, Marcel, 1938, 1955-1979, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes a letter to Salvador Dalí in which Duchamp exchanges addresses of mutual acquaintances and comments on the ominous political climate in Europe (1938). Ten letters, two of which are from Duchamp, concern the reproduction of one of his works for the cover of Brown's proposed Dada catalog (1965-1969). Also includes a postcard from Duchamp to George Maciunas (1966), announcements, and clippings of reviews and obituaries. Ca. 70 items. See also Box 60; Box 258*.
box 272*

Duchamp, Marcel

Scope and Content Note

Ready-mades et éditions de et sur Marcel Duchamp, framed.
box 273*

Duchamp, Marcel

Scope and Content Note

Coeurs Volants (Flattering Hearts), framed.
box 274*

Duchamp, Marcel

Scope and Content Note

Pulled at Four Pins, framed.
box 275*

Duchamp, Marcel

Scope and Content Note

Poster after The Self-Portrait in Profile, framed.
box 12, folder 32

Dufrêne, François, 1975-1976

box 12, folder 33

Duke, Jas H. 1967-1979, undated

 

Dupuy, Jean

box 12, folder 34

Dupuy, Jean, 1981-1984, undated

box 13

Dupuy, Jean 1968-1976

Scope and Content Note

"Minolta Book": a box containing a substantial quantity of ephemera and writings, 1968-1976.
box 12, folder 35

Duquette, Mike, 1981

box 12, folder 36-37

Durland, Steven (Im Press and Nomoma Rubber Stamps), 1977-1983, undated

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, mail art, and chapbooks. See also Box 63.
box 12, folder 38

D miscellaneous, 1961-1983, undated

 

E

box 320*, folder 2

Earls, Paul,

box 12, folder 39-40

Ecart (John Armleder; Patrick Lucchini; Claude Rychner; and Carlos Garcia), 1973-1981, undated

Scope and Content Note

Announcements and some art works.
 

Ed.912

flatfile 12**

Ed.912

Scope and Content Note

Situazione print series (ten prints).
flatfile 13**

Ed.912

Scope and Content Note

dEDsignprint series (ten prints).
flatfile 14**

Ed.912

Scope and Content Note

No print series (ten prints).
box 12, folder 41

Eggemann, Klaus, 1984

box 12, folder 42

Ehrenberg, Felipe, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 12, folder 43

Éluard, Paul, 1929-1933, 1952, 1982, undated

box 14, folder 1

Enblom, Michel, 1976, undated

box 14, folder 2

England, B., 1976-1980, undated

box 14, folder 3

Epistolary Stud Farm (John Pyros), 1984

box 14, folder 4

Eriksson, Leif, 1977-1984, undated

box 14, folder 5

Erlij, Tania, 1980, undated

box 14, folder 6

Ernst, Ernie, 1981-1982

box 14, folder 7

Ernst, Max, 1921-1982, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes two postcards from Ernst to Paul Éluard, exhibition announcements from Au Sans Pareil (1921), Galerie Vignon (1930), Galerie Denise René (1945), Knoedler (1948) and many other galleries, and clippings. See also Box 258*.
box 14, folder 8

Esperdy, Philip, 1975

box 14, folder 9

Espinosa, Cesar (Colectivo 3), 1981-1984

box 14, folder 10

Esposito, Anna, 1972

box 14, folder 11

Esposto, Arnaldo, 1982-1985

 

Eltinger, Amelia

box 14, folder 12-27

Etlinger, Amelia, 1978-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Letters to Jean Brown and mail art from 1971, 1978-1984, and undated, ca. .75 lin. ft. See also Box 258*, flat file folder 11**. The extensive amount of material reflects the fact that at one point Etlinger was sending Brown a letter a day. Almost all are decorated and many contain loose organic material or fabric. HANDLE WITH CARE.
box 15, folder 1-5

Etlinger, Amelia, undated

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and art works, ca. .25 lin. ft. HANDLE WITH CARE.
box 15, folder 6

Evans, Donald, 1981-1985

box 15, folder 7

Experimental Art Foundation, 1974-1976, undated

box 15, folder 8

Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), 1966-1973, undated

box 15, folder 9

E miscellaneous 1975-1984, undated

 

F

box 15, folder 10

Fagioli, Luigi, 1981-1983, undated

box 15, folder 11

Fahlström, Öyvind, 1965, undated

box 15, folder 12

Fend, Peter, undated

box 15, folder 13

Ferguson, Frank, 1975-1978

box 15, folder 14

Ferrando, Bartolomé (Grupo Texto Poético), 1977-1979, undated

box 15, folder 15

Ferro, Toni, 1985

box 15, folder 16

Fidler, Martin, [1969]

box 15, folder 17

Filko, Stanislav, 1966-1980

box 15, folder 18-21

Filliou, Robert, 1961-1984, undated

Scope and Content Note

Poetry in many formats, postcards for Ample Food for Stupid Thought and Monsters are Inoffensive, correspondence and announcements. See also Roll 8**, flat file folder 11**.
 

Fine, Albert M.

box 15, folder 22-29

Fine, Albert archive, 1970-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Letters received A-Z and unidentified, ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 16, folder 1-5

Fine, Albert archive,

Scope and Content Note

Material by and about Fine, and announcements received, ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 258*, Box 262*.
box 16, folder 6

Fini, Leonor

 

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

box 16, folder 7-13

Finlay, Ian Hamilton (Wild Hawthorn Press)

Scope and Content Note

File includes correspondence, Poor Old Tired Horse nos. 7-8, 10-25, extensive collection of cards, chapbooks (see library's holdings by searching the library catalog for "Jean Brown Collection"), artwork for After the Russian, and miscellaneous printed matter, ca. .33 lin. ft.
box 262*, folder 4

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Scope and Content Note

"Whp 70," three prints, and Jargon 1969 calendar.
flatfile 15**

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Scope and Content Note

Includes prints: The Little Drummer Boy signed and numbered, three copies of Acrobats, Ajar, The Harbour at Gravelines , and Universal star; eight items.
box 16, folder 14

Fiorello, Sabato

box 16, folder 15-16

Fischer, Hervé

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 16, folder 17

Fish, Pat

box 16, folder 18

Fish, W. N.

box 16, folder 19

Fishbein, Sue

box 16, folder 20

Fisher, Joel

box 16, folder 21

Fitzgerald, Gerald

box 321, folder 1

Fitzgibbon, Carolyn

Scope and Content Note

Print for Dorothy's Umbrellas.
box 16, folder 22

FIVE/CINQ Aesthetics Limited (Jas W Felter)

box 17, folder 1

Flamme, Ulrich, 1979, undated

 

Flynt, Henry

box 17, folder 2

Flynt, Henry, 1961-1982, undated

box 263*, folder 1

Flynt, Henry

Scope and Content Note

Poster and two copies of Communists Must Give Revolutionary Leadership in Culture (with Maciunas).
box 17, folder 3

Fontana, Giovanni, 1981-1983

box 17, folder 4

Ford, Charles Henri, 1976-1982, undated

box 17, folder 5-6

Ford, Merrily, 1976-1985, undated

box 17, folder 7

Foreman, Laura and John Watts, 1981-1982

box 17, folder 8

Forest, Fred, 1980, undated

box 17, folder 9

Forti, Simone 1974-1982, undated

box 17, folder 10

Fox, Hugh, undated

box 17, folder 11

Fox, Terry, undated

box 17, folder 12

Frangione, Nicola, 1980-1985, undated

box 17, folder 13

Frank, Peter 1978-1979, undated

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 17, folder 14

Frédérique, André, 1949, undated

box 17, folder 15

Fricker, H.R., 1983-1984, undated

box 17, folder 16

Friedlaender, Bilgé, 1976-1977, undated

box 17, folder 17

Friend, Donald, undated

Scope and Content Note

Poetry.
 

Friedman, Ken

box 17, folder 18-29

Friedman, Ken, 1966-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence with Jean Brown, examples of Sock of the Month Club and other mail art and art works, Fluxus and Fluxus West ephemera, Aktual USA, and announcements, 1972-1973, 1978, 1983-1985; ca. .66 lin. ft.
box 18, folder 1-3

Friedman, Ken

Scope and Content Note

Writings by and about Friedman, and other items. See also Box 262*.
box 267*, folder 4

Friedman, Ken

Scope and Content Note

Four posters and one collage (much tape).
box 18, folder 4

Fuhrman, Leni

box 18, folder 5

Fulkerson, James

box 18, folder 6

Fuller, Buckminster

 

Furnival, John

box 18, folder 7-67

Furnival archive - A-E

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence A-E, mostly letters received, 1968-1984, ca. .75 lin. ft.
box 19, folder 1-82

Furnival archive - F-R

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence F-R, mostly letters received. 1 lin. ft.
box 20, folder 1-44

Furnival archive - S-Z

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence S-Z, mostly letters received; Openings Press cards, photos of friends and Furnival's work, announcements and invitations (Furnival and other artists).
box 21, folder 1-2

Furnival: clippings and miscellaneous

box 263*, 319*

Furnival, John

flatfile 16**

Furnival, John

Scope and Content Note

Includes three multi-colored monoprints, two multi-colored prints (monoprints?) one of which is with John Williams, two sheets of alphabet drawings, "Europa," "Attention please," "The Chip charter 1984" (rubber stamped with color), and prints with John Vince; 19 items.
box 41, folder 24

Fürstenau, Klaus Peter

box 21, folder 3

F miscellaneous

 

G

box 21, folder 4

Gacina, Lucio

box 21, folder 5

Gaffé, René

box 21, folder 6-7

Gaglione, Bill (Dadaland and Vile, Banana)

Scope and Content Note

Mostly mail art; see also Box 64.
box 21, folder 8

Gajewski, Henry K.

box 21, folder 9-11

Galántai, György (Artpool)

Scope and Content Note

Postcards and other mail art, and "Galántai documentation 1968-1984." See also Box 263*.
box 21, folder 12-13

Gardner, Ian (Blue Tunnel Press)

Scope and Content Note

Many chapbooks, cards, and poems by others on Blue Tunnel stationery.
box 21, folder 14

Gathercole, Rod

box 21, folder 15

Geraldo, Baron von

box 21, folder 16

Gerchman, Rubens

 

Gerlovin Valeriy and Rimma Gerlovina

box 21, folder 17-22

Gerlovin, Valeriy and Rimma Gerlovina archive

Scope and Content Note

Letters to Jean Brown, Samizdat art and Collective Farm ; art works and photographs, 1980-1986, .25 lin. ft.
box 22, folder 1-8

Gerlovin, Valeriy and Rimma Gerlovina archive

Scope and Content Note

Announcements and invitations concerning the Gerlovins and other artists, articles and clippings, ca. .5 lin. ft. See also Box 258*, Box 267*.
box 22, folder 9

Gerz, Jochen

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 258*, Box 267.
box 22, folder 10

Gette, Paul-Armand

box 22, folder 11

Giacomucci, Ubaldo

box 22, folder 12

Giavino, Mario

box 22, folder 13-14

Gibbs, Michael (Kontexts)

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and works from contributors.
box 22, folder 16

Gilbert & George

box 22, folder 15

Gilbert, Gerry

box 22, folder 17

Gilli, Anna

box 22, folder 18

Gini, Gino

box 22, folder 19

Ginzburg, Carlos

box 22, folder 20

Giorno, John

box 22, folder 21

Glas Omladine

box 22, folder 22

Glass, Philip

box 22, folder 23

Goldoni, Maurizio

box 22, folder 24

Goldstein, Malcolm

box 22, folder 25

Golikov, Edwin Golik

box 22, folder 26

Gomringer, Eugen

box 22, folder 27

Gonzalez, Haroldo

box 22, folder 28

Gonzola

box 22, Folder 29

Gordon, Coco

box 22, folder 30

Gorreri, Simonetta

box 22, folder 31

Gosewitz, Ludwig

box 22, folder 32

Greenberger, David

box 22, folder 33

Greenham, Peter

box 22, folder 34

Griffiths, W.

box 23, folder 1

Grogan, Clem

box 23, folder 2-4

Groh, Klaus

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, mail art and other works. See also Box 64, Box 258*.
box 23, folder 5

Grooms, Red

box 23, folder 6

Gross, Ronald

box 23, folder 7

Grosz, George

box 23, folder 8-13

Guerrilla Art Action Group (Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche)

Scope and Content Note

Photocopied political statements, manifestoes, press releases, and letters. Also some material by Judson 3 with Faith Ringgold, ca. .5 lin. ft.
The Guerrilla Art Action Group was created after C. Douglas Dillon of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York instituted proceedings against Toche for mailing an open letter urging the kidnapping of museum trustees, directors and curators.
box 23, folder 14

Gut, Elisabetta

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 23, folder 15

Gysin, Brion

box 23, folder 16

G miscellaneous

 

H

box 23, folder 17

Haacke, Hans

box 23, folder 18

Hainke, Wolfgang

box 23, folder 19

Hak Kyung Cha, Theresa [i.e. Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung]

box 23, folder 20

Halpern, John

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 258*.
box 23, folder 21

Halprin, Anna

box 23, folder 22

Halsey, Alan

box 23, folder 23

Hamann, Volker

 

Hambleton, Richard (aka R. Dick Trace-It)

box 23, folder 24

Hambleton, Richard

box 44, folder 9

R. Dick Trace-It

box 23, folder 25

Hamilton, Richard

box 23, folder 28

Hanñek, Matjañ

box 23, folder 26-27

Hansen, Al

Scope and Content Note

Includes folder of material (bios, announcements, photos, copy art) assembled by Galerie "A," no. 2/20.
box 319*, folder 1

Haring, Keith

box 24, folder 1-2

Harley (Francis II)

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and mail art. See also Box 263*.
box 24, folder 3

Harper, Andrew

box 24, folder 4

Harrison, Newton

box 24, folder 5

Hashimoto, Sohei

box 24, folder 6

Hatherly, Ana

box 24, folder 7

Hausmann, Raoul

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 267*.
box 24, folder 8

Heartfield, John

box 24, folder 9

Hecht, David

box 24, folder 10

Heerich, Erwin

box 24, folder 11

Heidsieck, Bernard

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 258*.
box 24, folder 12-15

Held, Jon

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, mail art, rubber stamp printing, and examples from Card catalog (see Series VI for entire piece); ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 64.
box 24, folder 16

Helms, Hans G.

box 24, folder 17

Henderikse, Jan

box 24, folder 18-20

Hendricks, Bici [Nye Ffarrabas]

Scope and Content Note

Includes inventory of materials to be given to Jean Brown and a school paper for professor William Rubin; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also flat file folder 17**.
box 24, folder 21-22

Hendricks, Bici and Geoffrey Hendricks (Black Thumb Press)

box 24, folder 23-28

Hendricks, Geoffrey

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and art works, including collaborations with Brian Buczak and Stephen Varble, and announcements. See also Box 267*.
 

Hendricks, Jon

box 320*, folder 3

Herman, Bob

box 25, folder 1

Herms, G(eorge?)

box 25, folder 2

Heubach, Friedrich Wolfram

box 25, folder 3

Hi Red Center

box 25, folder 4

Hidalgo, J.

 

Higgins, Dick

box 25, folder 5-13

Higgins, Dick

Scope and Content Note

Manuscripts, art works, bios, Something Else Press and Unpublished/Printed Editions ephemera, announcements and invitations, articles and clippings; ca. .33 lin. ft. See also Box 267*, flat file folder 17**.
box 263*, folder 5

Higgins, Dick

Scope and Content Note

His score Emmett Williams's Ear, An Exemplativist Manifesto and posters; 16 items total, many duplicates.
box 25, folder 14-17

Higgins, E.F. III (Doo Da Postage Works)

Scope and Content Note

Mail art.
box 25, folder 18

Hill, Ed and Suzanne Bloom (aka MANUAL)

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 267*.
box 25, folder 19

Hill, Pati

Scope and Content Note

Postcard sets reproducing her photocopies of garments.
box 321, folder 4

Hindman, Brian [?]

box 25, folder 20-21

Hitchcock, Steve

box 25, folder 25

Höch, Hannah

box 25, folder 22

Hockenhull, James

box 25, folder 23-24

Hocks, Paula

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 258*.
box 25, folder 26

Hoffberg, Judith ( Umbrella)

box 320*, folder 2

Hogan, Michael

box 25, folder 27

Holden, Karen

box 25, folder 28

Holt, Susan

box 25, folder 29

Holzer, Jenny

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 263*.
 

Hompson, Davi Det

box 25, folder 30-32

Hompson, Davi Det

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, postcards, and booklets. See also flat file folder 17**.
box 26, folder 1

Hompson, Davi Det

Scope and Content Note

Booklets.
box 263*, folder 6

Hompson, Davi Det

Scope and Content Note

Scores, five items total.
box 26, folder 2

Hoogstraten, Harry

box 26, folder 3

Horiike, Tohei

box 26, folder 4-6

Horn, Stu (Northwest Mounted Valise/Library of Art)

Scope and Content Note

Mail art.
box 26, folder 7

Horobin, Pete

box 26, folder 8

Horvitz, Suzanne

box 26, folder 9-10

Hosier, Tom

 

Houédard, Dom Sylvester (aka D S H)

box 26, folder 11-12

Houédard, Dom Sylvester (aka D S H)

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and poetry, some in manuscript. See also Box 267*.
box 267*, folder 6

Houédard, Dom Sylvester (aka D S H)

Scope and Content Note

Ken Cox Memorial poster, five color variations.
box 26, folder 13

Howard, Ruth

box 26, folder 14

Hsieh, Tehching (Sam)

box 26, folder 15

Hubaut, Joël

box 26, folder 16

Hubert, Pierre-Alain

box 26, folder 17

Huebler, Douglas

box 26, folder 18

Huelsenbeck, Richard

Scope and Content Note

Typescripts of original and reconstructed writings and other materials sent to Bernard Karpel from Huelsenbeck in preparation for publication of two monographs. Items include: typescript and three printed copies of "Dada Manifesto 1949," which was to have been published in Robert Motherwell's Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology (1951); three photocopies of photographs, one of which was reproduced in the above book; a typescript translation in English, dated 1951, of "Works of Hans Arp" originally published in Dada no. 3; and typescript reconstructions of both "Erklaerung, vorgetragen im Cabaret Voltaire, im Fruehjahr 1916" and "Dadarede, gehalten in der Galerie Neumann, Berlin, Kurfursten dam, am 18ten Februar 1918," and a photocopy of the Berliner Sezession program and invitation of April 12, 1918, which were published in Dada: eine literarische Dokumentation (1964). Other items include a typescript of "Dada and the New Realists: a radio talk by Richard Huelsenbeck" (1962) concerning the Sidney Janis Gallery exhibition and a postcard addressed to Jean Brown (1964).
See also Box 26, folder 20.
box 26, folder 19

Hugnet, Georges

box 26, folder 20

Hulbeck, Beate

Scope and Content Note

Mostly "Charles Hulbeck," i.e., Richard Huelsenbeck.
box 26, folder 21

Hutchins, Alice

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 26, folder 22

H miscellaneous

 

I

box 26, folder 23

Iannone, Dorothy

box 26, folder 24

Ichiyanagi, Toshi

box 26, folder 25

Igloo, Alex

box 26, folder 26

Iimura, Taka

box 26, 321

Image Bank (Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov [aka Mr. Peanut])

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and mail art.
box 27, folder 1

Inch, Peter

box 27, folder 2

Inconnu Group

box 27, folder 3

Institute for Research in Neoism

box 27, folder 4-7

Inter Dada 84

Scope and Content Note

Mail art contributions and announcements. See also Box 64, Box 264*.
box 27, folder 8

International Society of Copier Artists (Louise Neaderland)

box 27, folder 9

Isou, Isidore

box 27, folder 10

Ives, Charles

box 28, folder 5

I miscellaneous

 

J

box 27, folder 11

Jacks, Robert

box 27, folder 13

Jackson, Leavenworth

box 27, folder 12

Jackson, Sarah

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*.
box 27, folder 14

Jacob, J.P. (Hype)

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*, Roll 5**.
box 27, folder 15

Jaffrennou, Michel

box 27, folder 16

Janco, Marcel

box 27, folder 17

Janssen, Ruud

box 27, folder 18

Jaschke, Gerhard

box 27, folder 19

Jean, Marcel

box 27, folder 20

Jesch, Birger

box 27, folder 21

Johnson, Paul

 

Johnson, Ray

box 27, folder 22-29

Johnson, Ray

Scope and Content Note

Works and correspondence, announcements, invitations, and articles; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 267*, folder 7

Johnson, Ray

Scope and Content Note

Six posters, most from late 1960s.
box 321, folder 5

Johnson, Ronald

box 27, folder 30

Johnson, Suzanne (Spectacle Press)

box 27, folder 31-33

Johnston, Jill

Scope and Content Note

Includes notes on two panel discussions on Happenings. See also Box 264*.
box 27, folder 34

Johnston, Simon

box 27, folder 35

Jones, Bill

box 27, folder 36

Jones, J. Christopher

box 27, folder 37

Jones, Joe

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*.
box 27, folder 38

Jones, Kevin

box 28, folder 1

Jorn, Asger

box 28, folder 2

Joshi, R.K.

box 28, folder 3

Jungwirth, Nikolaus

box 28, folder 4

Jupitter-Larsen, Gerald Xe

box 28, folder 5

J miscellaneous

 

K

box 28, folder 6

Kahlo, Frida

box 28, folder 7

Kamler, Richard

box 28, folder 8

Kantor, Tadeusz

 

Kaprow, Allan

box 28, folder 9

Kaprow, Allan

Scope and Content Note

Includes letter to Jill Johnston disagreeing with her review (1962), performance instructions, announcements, clippings, articles, Echo-logy, and Pose. See also flat file folder 18**.
box 264*, folder 3

Kaprow, Allan

Scope and Content Note

Nine posters.
box 28, folder 10

Kariya, Hiroshi

box 28, folder 11

Kattenstroth, Ulrich

box 28, folder 12

Kaufman, Ira

box 28, folder 13

Kaufman, Richard

box 28, folder 14

Kazumichi, Fujiwara

box 28, folder 15

Keith, Claire

box 28, folder 16

Kelly, Ray

box 28, folder 17

Kelly, Robert

 

Kempton, Karl

box 28, folder 18

Kempton, Karl

box 264*, folder 4

Kempton, Karl

Scope and Content Note

Four "Typoglifs" posters, signed, no. 12/43 and announcement.
box 28, folder 19

Kent, Elenor

box 28, folder 20

Kerouac, Jack

box 28, folder 21

Khouri, Omar

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 28, folder 22

Kienholz, Edward

box 28, folder 24

Kierspel, Jürgen

box 28, folder 23

Kiesler, Frederick

box 28, folder 25

King, Kenneth

box 28, 321

King, Roland

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*.
box 28, folder 27

Kingsbury, Anne

box 28, folder 28

Kirkeby, Per

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 28, folder 29

Klein, Yves

box 28, folder 30

Kleinberg, Judy

box 28, folder 31

Klivar, Miroslav

box 28, folder 32-35

Knížák, Milan

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, performance instructions, photographs documenting performances, and drawings. See also Box 264*.
box 28, folder 36-40

Knowles, Alison

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, works, announcements, invitations, and articles. See also Box 264*, Roll 7**.
box 28, folder 41-42

Kocman, J.H.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, chapbooks, and cards.
box 28, folder 46

Kohler, S.E.

box 28, folder 47

Kolář, Jiří

box 28, folder 48

Kolin, Sacha

Scope and Content Note

KOLIN80. Printed announcements for the exhibition, Sacha KOLIN: New Work, 4 Oct - 4 Nov 1980 at the RR Gallery, 149 Mercer Street, New York City. Ten identical offset lithographs on card stock, 6 x 6 inches.
box 28, folder 49

Komar, Vitali and Aleksandr Melamid

box 28, folder 50

Konglomerati Press

box 28, folder 51

Konieczny, Marek

box 28, folder 52

Koninck, Jaak de

box 28, folder 43-45

Köpcke, Arthur

Scope and Content Note

Includes two copies of "In memoriam envelope." See also Series VI.
box 28, folder 53

Koppány, Márton

box 28, folder 54

Kornblum, Allan

box 29, 320*, 321

Kostelanetz, Richard

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 264*.
box 29, folder 2

Kostiuk, Michael

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 29, folder 3

Kosugi, Takehisa

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 267*.
box 29, folder 4

Kosuth, Joseph

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*.
box 29, folder 5-6

Kotik, Petr (S.E.M. Ensemble)

Scope and Content Note

Includes Chocorua summer workshop material and announcements.
box 29, folder 7-8

Kozlowski, Jaroslaw

box 29, folder 9

Kracke, Bernd

box 29, folder 10

Krauss, Ruth

box 29, folder 11

Kreger, Sandy

flatfile 19**

Kriwet, Ferdinand

Scope and Content Note

Two print portfolios.
box 29, folder 13

Krugman, Michael

box 29, folder 12

Krüll, Karl Heinz

box 29, folder 14

Kruskamp, Janet

box 29, folder 15

Kubota, Shigeko

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 29, folder 16

Kulik, Sharon

box 29, folder 17

Kupferberg, Tuli

box 29, folder 18

Kuriloff, Aaron

box 29, folder 21

Kurtycz, Marcos

box 29, folder 19

Kusama, Yayoi

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 264*.
box 29, folder 20

Kusomoto, Misao

box 29, folder 22

K miscellaneous

 

L

box 29, folder 23

La Barbara, Joan

box 29, folder 26

La Honduras

box 29, folder 36

La Rocca, Ketty

box 29, folder 37

La Rose (Stephen Harlow and Gillian Garro)

box 29, folder 24

Labelle-Rojoux, Arnaud

box 29, folder 25

Lacy, Suzanne

box 29, folder 27

Lai, Maria

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 29, folder 28

Lambert, R.J. ( Egozine)

box 29, folder 29

Landi, Liliana

box 29, folder 30-32

Lane, Brian (Gallery Number Ten)

Scope and Content Note

Includes chapbooks, programs, announcements.
box 29, folder 33

Lanfranco, Baldi

box 29, folder 34

Lara, Mario

box 29, folder 35

Larcombe, Sam and Claudia

box 29, folder 38

Laub, Stephen

box 29, 321

Lax, Robert

box 29, folder 40

Laxdal, Jon

box 29, folder 41

Lebel, Jean Jacques

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 264*.
box 29, folder 42-44

LeClair, Abd-Allah (Radio Free Dada)

Scope and Content Note

Mail art and slides for Ukiah 80.
box 30, folder 1

Leigh, Michael

box 30, folder 2

Leissl, H.G.

 

Lemaître, Maurice

box 30, folder 3-8

Lemaître, Maurice

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with museums (photocopies), annotated typescripts of Lewis and Clark symposium lectures, ephemera by Lettrists and Situationists, and other materials. See also flat file folder 11**.
box 264*, folder 6

Lemaître, Maurice

Scope and Content Note

Lettrists and Situationists posters and ephemera, 11 items total.
box 30, folder 9

Lemcke, Rudy

box 319*, 321

[Lemke?], Andy

box 30, folder 10

Lerner, Sandra

box 30, folder 11

Lerner and Turner

 

Levine, Les

box 30, folder 12-14

Levine, Les

Scope and Content Note

Published writings, Les Levine Copies Everyone, announcements, and examples of design work.
flatfile 20**

Levine, Les

Scope and Content Note

Primarily posters designed by Levine, some duplicates, 27 items.
box 30, folder 15

Lewis, Donald H.

box 30, folder 16

LeWitt, Sol

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*; Box 264.
box 30, folder 17

Liberté de Parole

box 30, folder 18

Lieber, Edvard

box 30, folder 19

Lloyd, Ginny

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 65.
box 30, folder 20

Lobby Press

box 30, folder 21

Lomholt, Niels

box 30, folder 22

Long, Richard

box 30, folder 23

Lora-Totino, Arrigo

box 30, folder 24

Lusignoli, Mino

box 30, folder 25

L miscellaneous

 

M

 

Mac Low, Jackson

box 32, 320*

Mac Low, Jackson

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, many scores, announcements, programs, and clippings; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also flat file folder 22**.
box 264*, folder 8

Mac Low, Jackson

Scope and Content Note

Ten scores and vocabularies, six signed.
box 30, folder 26

Machado, Milton

 

Maciunas, George

box 30, folder 27-46

Maciunas archive: correspondence A-H

Scope and Content Note

Includes: Joseph Beuys, George Brecht (see also Brecht files), Jean Brown, John Cage, Gino Di Maggio, Robert Filliou, Ken Friedman, Klaus Groh, Geoffrey Hendricks, Dick Higgins; ca. .33 lin. ft.
box 31, folder 1-40

Maciunas archive: correspondence K-Z

Scope and Content Note

Includes: Milan Knížák, Alison Knowles, Carla Liss, Jackson Mac Low, David F. Mayor, Jonas Mekas, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Harry Ruhé, Takako Saito, Tomas Schmit, Paul Sharits, Mieko Shiomi, Hans Sohm, Daniel Spoerri, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams (see also Williams files).
box 31, folder 41-58

Maciunas archive: other material

Scope and Content Note

Fluxus member cards, Fluxus ephemera, stamps, scores, Fluxhouse cooperative, proposals, design examples of AG Gallery announcements, Underground magazine, Jean Brown archive stationery, grant proposal, Fluxbanquet/ Festschrift correspondence 1975-1976, Festschrift contributions, Dartmouth memorial correspondence 1978, family history by Leokadia Maciunas, biographical information. See also Box 59.
flatfile 22**

Maciunas, George

Scope and Content Note

Includes Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus (two sheets), Learning machine, Safe Door (two copies), U.S.A. Surpasses All the Genocide Records, and posters designed by Maciunas for non-Fluxus events, 14 items.
box 32, folder 1

MacLeod, Scott

box 32, folder 7

Mad Enterprises Inc.

box 32, folder 8

Madam X

box 32, folder 9

Maggi, Ruggero

box 32, folder 10

Magritte, René

Scope and Content Note

Announcements.
box 32, folder 11

Magro, Franco

box 32, folder 12

Maitin, Sam

box 32, folder 13

Mallander, J.O.

box 32, folder 14-15

Malloy, Judy

Scope and Content Note

Includes booklets and other works. See also Series VI.
box 32, folder 16

Marcus, Aaron

box 32, folder 17

Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso

box 32, 319*

Marroquin, Raul

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*.
box 32, folder 19

Marsh, Stanley

box 320*, folder 3

Martin, Fred

box 32, folder 20

Martyr, Marv E.

box 32, folder 21-22

Marx, Graciela Gutierrez

box 32, folder 23

Masson, André

box 32, folder 24

Mathews, Joan

box 32, folder 25

Matsuzawa, Yutaka

box 32, folder 26

Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián

Scope and Content Note

Announcements.
box 32, folder 27

Max, Dan

box 32, folder 28

Mayer, Hansjörg

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 264*.
box 32, folder 29

Mayer, Peter

box 32, folder 30

Mayor, David

box 321, folder 2

McCallion, Barry

box 32, folder 31

McCarthy, Cavan

box 32, folder 32

McClure, Michael

box 32, folder 33

McClurg, John

box 32, folder 34

McMahon, Paul

box 32, folder 35

Medeiros, J.

box 32, folder 36

Meier, Richard

box 32, folder 37

Mekas, Jonas

box 33, folder 1

Melamed, Brad

box 33, folder 2

Melin, Claude

box 33, folder 3

Melnicove, Mark

box 33, folder 4

Mendonça, Julio

box 33, folder 5

Mental Traveler

box 33, folder 6

Mesens, E.L.T.

box 33, folder 7

Messerli, Douglas

box 33, folder 8-11

Mew, Tommy

Scope and Content Note

Manuscripts, announcements and invitations.
box 33, folder 12

Meyer, Peter R.

box 33, folder 13

Meyer, Thomas

box 33, folder 14

Michaux, Henri

box 33, folder 15

Mignani, Rolando

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 33, folder 16

Miller, Larry

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 33, folder 17-21

Milliken, Uncle Don (Orworks)

Scope and Content Note

Mail art; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 33, folder 22

Minóy

box 33, folder 23

Miralda, Antoni

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 33, folder 24

Miró, Joan

box 33, folder 25

MIT

box 33, folder 26

Mittendorf, Henning

 

Mizelle, Dary John

box 33, folder 27-28

Mizelle, Dary John

Scope and Content Note

Announcements.
box 264*, folder 9

Mizelle, Dary John

Scope and Content Note

Primarily posters and announcements, 14 items total.
box 33, folder 29

Mock, Richard

box 33, folder 30

Modern Hygiene

 

Mohammed archive

box 33, folder 31-39

Mohammed archive nos. 1-300

Scope and Content Note

Plinio Mesciulam correspondence, ephemera, envelopes, and archive nos. 1-300; ca. .33 lin. ft.
box 34, folder 1-20

Mohammed archive nos. 301-1289

Scope and Content Note

Archive nos. 301-1289; ca. .66 lin. ft. See also Box 65.
box 34, folder 21

Moineau, Jean-Claude

box 34, folder 22

Mol, Pieter Laurens

box 34, folder 23

Mollett, Michael

box 34, folder 24

Montalcini, Paola Levi

box 34, folder 25

Moore, Barbara

box 34, folder 26

Moore, Stephen

 

Moorman, Charlotte

box 34, folder 27-29

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, bio, and announcements.
box 35, 320*

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

Articles and clippings, and a full set of ephemera from the New York Avant Garde Festival, .33 lin. ft.
box 265*, folder 1-3

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

Extensive quantity of photostat copies of notes for performance realizations, and clippings, 1960s-1970s.
 

Moorman, Charlotte: Avant Garde Festival material

flatfile 23**

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

Three photographs, 11 posters, 14 items total.
flatfile 24**

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

3rd-7th NY Avant Garde Festival posters, 1965-1969. See also following folders.
flatfile 25**

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

8th-9th NY Avant Garde Festival, 1971-1972.
flatfile 26**

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

10th NY Avant Garde Festival, 1973.
flatfile 27**

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

11th-12th NY Avant Garde Festival, 1974-1975.
flatfile 28**

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

13th-15th NY Avant Garde Festival, 1977-1980.
flatfile 29**

Moorman, Charlotte

Scope and Content Note

14th Annual Avant Garde Festival/2nd Cambridge River Festival poster mock-ups, 1978. Original material restricted.
box 35, folder 20

Moran, Robert

box 35, folder 21-27

Morandi, Emilio (Artestudio)

Scope and Content Note

Much documentation of performances and other works, announcements, clippings, and bios (photocopies); ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 35, folder 28

Morgan, Edwin

box 35, folder 29

Morgan, Robert

box 35, folder 30

Morrow, Charles

box 35, folder 31

Moyse, Arthur

box 35, folder 32

Mr. Sensitive

box 35, folder 33

Ms. Pitts Pie

box 35, folder 34

Mukai, Shutaro

box 35, folder 35

Muldoon, Brian

box 35, folder 36

Murphy, Hayden

box 35, folder 37

Murphy, Peter

box 35, folder 38

The Museum of Museums

box 35, folder 39

Musicmaster

box 320*, folder 3

Mustill, Norman Ogue

box 35, folder 40

Mutt, R.

box 35, folder 41

M miscelllaneous

 

N

box 37, folder 26

N.E. Thing Co. Ltd. (Iain Baxter)

box 35, folder 42

Nada Farm Museum of Archetypes

box 35, folder 43

Nagy, Paul

box 35, folder 44

Nakajima, Yoshio

box 36, folder 1

Nannucci, Maurizio

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*, Box 267, Roll 7**.
 

Nations, Opal L.

box 36, folder 2-3

Nations, Opal archive (Strange Feces Press)

Scope and Content Note

Letters from Nations to Jean Brown (and others), and art works, 1974.
box 36, folder 4-25

Nations, Opal archive (Strange Feces Press)

Scope and Content Note

Letters and ephemera received by Nations, A-S (to Sep 1974).
box 37, folder 1-21

Nations, Opal archive

Scope and Content Note

Letters and ephemera received T-Z (to Sep 1974), A-Z (1975), and A-Z (1976-1977); ca. .5 lin. ft. See also Box 65.
box 37, folder 22

Neaderland, Louise

box 37, folder 23

Nebeský, Ladislav

box 37, folder 24

Nechvatal, Joseph

box 37, folder 25

Nemoto, Toshiyuki

box 37, folder 27

Neuhaus, Max

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*.
box 37, folder 28

Nevidal, Hans

box 37, folder 29

New Arcadians (Patrick Eyres, Ian Gardner, Grahame Jones)

Scope and Content Note

Chapbooks.
box 37, folder 30

Newark Press

box 37, folder 31

Newman, Robert

box 37, folder 32

Newton, Richard

box 37, folder 33

Niblock, Phill

box 37, 320*

Niccolai, Giulia

box 37, folder 35

Niotou, Henri

box 37, folder 36

Nißle, Reinhard

box 37, folder 37

Nitsch, Hermann

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 21**.
box 38, folder 2

No Walls

box 38, folder 1

Norton, Tom

box 38, folder 3

Nuttall, Jeff

box 38, folder 4

Nutzle, Futzie

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 259*; flat file folder 21**.
box 39, folder 3

N miscellaneous

 

O

box 38, folder 5-6

Ockerse, Tom

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and other papers.
box 38, folder 7

O'Connell, Laurie (World Imitation Prods.)

box 38, folder 8

Ohlmann, Aloys

 

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

box 38, folder 9-10

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Scope and Content Note

Includes collages, mail art, and copy art. See also flat file folder 21**.
box 259*, folder 6

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Scope and Content Note

Two signed photocollages.
 

Oldenburg, Claes

box 38, folder 11

Oldenburg, Claes

Scope and Content Note

Includes four photos of early 1960s Happenings.
flatfile 30**

Oldenburg, Claes

Scope and Content Note

Four posters, one of which is signed and two others from 1961.
box 38, folder 12

Olesen, Muriel

box 38, folder 13-14

Oliveros, Pauline

Scope and Content Note

Announcements, articles, and bio.
box 38, folder 15

Olson, Charles

box 268*, folder 2

Ono, Yoko

Scope and Content Note

This Is Not Here newspaper, exhibition layout and checklist, and poster for Everson Museum of Art.
box 38, folder 16-19

Ono, Yoko and John Lennon

Scope and Content Note

Works, postcards, announcements, clippings. See also Box 268*, flat file folder 21** [under both names].
box 38, folder 20-27

Oosten, Margot van and Sonja van der Burg

Scope and Content Note

Afzet's Palmbank 1981: no. 3 A-F, no. 4 A-F, no. 5 A-C; ca. 33 lin. ft.
 

Oppenheim, Dennis

box 38, folder 28

Oppenheim, Dennis

flatfile 31**

Oppenheim, Dennis

Scope and Content Note

11 posters.
box 38, folder 29

Oppenheim, Meret

box 38, folder 30

Ore, Tim

box 38, folder 31

Oren, Michel

box 39, folder 1

Ori, Luciano

box 39, folder 2

Ortiz, Ralph

box 39, folder 3

O miscellaneous

 

P

box 39, folder 21

P.A.N.

box 39, folder 4

Pachetti, Marco

box 39, folder 5

Paci, Anna

box 39, folder 6

Padgett, Ron

box 39, folder 7-8

Padín, Clemente

box 39, folder 9

Page, Robin

 

Paik, Nam June

box 39, folder 10-17

Paik, Nam June

Scope and Content Note

Works, announcements, invitations, clippings, and articles; ca. 33 lin. ft.
box 268*, folder 3

Paik, Nam June

Scope and Content Note

Two drawings and three posters, two of which are signed.
box 39, folder 18

Palacios, Enrique Juan

box 39, folder 19

Palazzoli, Daniela

box 39, folder 20

Palestine, Charlemagne

box 39, folder 22

Parasol Press

Scope and Content Note

See also *Box 259.
box 39, folder 23

Partum, Andrzej (Bureau de la Poésie)

box 39, folder 24

Pasquini, Phil

box 39, folder 25

Patino, Rosa

box 39, folder 26

Patrick, Tom (Eat It Up)

 

Patterson, Benjamin

box 39, folder 27-34

Patterson, Benjamin archive

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, scores and other works.
box 40

Patterson, Benjamin archive

Scope and Content Note

Notebook and scrapbook, each with collages and drawings.
box 41, folder 1-4

Patterson, Benjamin archive

Scope and Content Note

Final exam, notes, notes on death, and announcements.
flatfile 33**

Patterson, Benjamin

Scope and Content Note

Three versions of Instruction No. 1 (two listed in Codex).
box 41, folder 5

Paull, Silke and Hervé Würz

box 41, folder 6

Pawson, Mark

box 41, folder 7

Pedersen, L.D.

box 41, folder 8

Peeters, Sef

box 41, folder 9-10

Peli, Romano and Michaela Versari

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and mail art.
box 41, folder 11

Penck, A.R.

box 41, folder 12

Pereira, Teresinka

box 41, folder 13

Perez, Victor and Irma

box 41, folder 14

Perfetti, Michele

 

Perin, Romaine

box 41, folder 15

Perin, Romaine

flatfile 34**

Perin, Romaine

Scope and Content Note

Portfolio of eight drawings.
box 41, folder 16

Permanent Press

box 41, folder 17-20

Perneczky, Géza

Scope and Content Note

Much mail art, including "Transcendental mail art." See also Box 259*.
box 41, folder 21-23

Petasz, Pavel

Scope and Content Note

Mail art and rubber stamp printing. See also Box 66.
box 41, folder 25

Petertil, Tucker

box 41, folder 26

Peticov, Antonio

box 41, folder 27

Petit, Pierre

box 41, folder 28-29

Pezzatini, Lorenzo

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 268*.
box 41, folder 30

Phillips, Liz

box 41, 321

Phillips, Michael J.

 

Phillips, Tom

box 41, 320*, 321

Phillips, Tom

Scope and Content Note

Postcards, other works, announcements, and invitations.
flatfile 35**

Phillips, Tom

Scope and Content Note

Includes four silkscreened prints signed and numbered, nine items total.
box 41, folder 36

Picabia, Francis

box 270*

Picard, Lil

Scope and Content Note

Collage painted, 1975, signed and framed.
box 41, folder 37

Pickle Family Circus

box 41, folder 38

Pignotti, Lamberto

box 42, folder 1-36

Pittore, Carlo

box 42, folder 1-2

Pittore, Carlo

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, stamps, announcements, and envelopes.
box 42, folder 3-26

Pittore, Carlo

Scope and Content Note

Entries to the Maine mail art exhibition (1983), A-S.
box 43, folder 1-6

Pittore, Carlo

Scope and Content Note

Maine mail art exhibition entries (1983), T-Z. See also Box 268*, Roll 5**, flat file folder 32**.
box 259*, folder 8

Pittore, Carlo

Scope and Content Note

Maine Mail Art Exhibition B-G includes Buster Cleveland painted envelope; four items total.
box 260*, folder 1-2

Pittore, Carlo

Scope and Content Note

Maine Mail Art Exhibition M-S includes Lon Spiegelman drawing, color photocopy and envelope; and 11 items and three unidentified items with a Pittore envelope in a separate folder.
box 43, folder 7

Place Stamp Here

box 43, folder 8

Plunkett, Edward

box 43, folder 9

Poem Company

box 43, folder 10

Poet Lariat

box 43, folder 11

Polansky, Lois

box 43, 320*

Porter, Bern

Scope and Content Note

Mail art and correspondence A-Z, most dated 1979-1984. Also art works, invitations to participate in mail art events, many with annotations of when works were sent, announcements and invitations, articles and other papers; ca. .66 lin. ft. See also Box 266*.
[See also Special Collections accession no. 900270 and other mail art collections with Bern Porter provenance in the Getty Research Library.]
box 44, folder 1

Postal Flow West

box 320*, folder 2

Pozzi, Lucio

box 44, folder 2

Prévert, Jacques

box 44, folder 3

Price, Jonathan

box 44, folder 4-5

Prillaman, Jerry

Scope and Content Note

Mostly booklets.
box 44, folder 6

Prince, Richard

box 44, folder 7

Pursglove, Glyn

box 44, folder 8

P miscellaneous

box 45, folder 30

Q miscellaneous

 

R

box 44, folder 10

Raay, Jan van

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 44, folder 11

Radin, Betty

box 321, folder 1

Radowitz, J. G.

box 44, folder 12

Raffeld, David

box 44, folder 13

Ramsay, Bob

box 44, folder 14-15

Random, Steve (aka Randall)

Scope and Content Note

Mail art. See also Box 66, Box 260*, Box 266.
box 260*, folder 4

Random, Steve

Scope and Content Note

Includes four works made from cardboard with stamping, drawing, and collage; photocopies of works, and three envelopes; 16 items total.
box 44, folder 16

Ray, Man

Scope and Content Note

Includes three postcards from Man Ray to Paul Éluard (1937-1938), exhibition announcements from Librairie Six (1921), Galerie Surréaliste (1928), Julien Levy Gallery (1932), Aux Cahiers d'Art (1935), Galerie Rive Droite (1959) and many others galleries, and clippings. See also Box 260*.
box 44, folder 17

Rayner, Edward

box 44, folder 18

Reed, Suzie

box 44, folder 19

Rehfeldt, Robert and Ruth

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 268*.
box 44, folder 20

Reich, Steve

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 266*.
box 44, folder 21

Reid, Terry

box 44, folder 22

Resnick, Marcia

box 44, folder 23

Restany, Pierre

box 44, folder 24

Reynolds, Bruce

box 44, folder 25

Reynolds, Jock

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 44, folder 26

Rhea, Charlotte

box 44, folder 27

Richter, Hans

box 44, folder 29-30

Riddle, James

Scope and Content Note

Works, including Seeds.
box 44, folder 31

Rigg, Margaret

box 44, folder 32

Riley, Terry

box 44, folder 33

Rivers, Dick

box 44, folder 34

Riz, Marisa da

box 44, folder 35

Robot Vegetable

box 44, folder 36

Robson, Ernest

box 44, folder 37

Robideau, Henri

box 45, folder 1-9

Rockola, Marlon and Robert

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, much mail art, and other works incorporating copy art and rubber stamp printing; postage stamps, and envelopes; ca. .33 lin. ft. See also Box 66, Box 266*.
box 321, folder 1

Rogers, Martin

box 45, folder 10

Rook, Gerrit Jan de

box 45, folder 11

Ropiecki, Wacław

box 321, folder 5

Rose, C. J.

box 45, folder 12-13

Rosenberg, Marilyn

Scope and Content Note

Mail art, proofs of her work, and chapbooks.
box 45, folder 14

Rosler, Martha

 

Roth, Dieter

box 45, 320*

Roth, Dieter

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of works, postcards, announcements, and miscellaneous. Box 320* contain Pinselaktionen print suite, 1977. See also Box 271*.
flatfile 36**

Roth, Dieter

Scope and Content Note

16 posters.
box 45, folder 19

Rothenberg, Jerome

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 260*.
box 45, folder 20

Rowe, William

box 45, folder 21

Rowlands, Tom

box 45, folder 22

Rowlandson, Thomas

Scope and Content Note

Print: Dr. Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre, 1815.
box 45, folder 23

Royal, Anastasia

box 45, folder 24

Rufini, Carla

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 321, folder 1

Rühm, Gerhard

box 45, folder 25

Ruscha, Edward

box 45, folder 26-28

Rutzky, Ivy Sky

Scope and Content Note

Handmade cards.
box 45, folder 29

Rypson, Piotr (Sator)

box 45, folder 30

R miscellaneous

 

S

box 45, folder 31

Sá, Neide S. de

box 45, folder 32

Sabatier, Roland

box 46, folder 1

Saint-Phalle, Niki de

box 46, folder 2

Saito, Takako

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 46, folder 3

Salle, David

box 46, folder 4

Sam's Recycle Shop

box 46, folder 5

Samaras, Lucas

box 46, folder 6

Sardegnia, Ulian (?)

box 46, folder 7

Sarenco

 

Satie, Erik

box 46, folder 8

Satie, Erik

flatfile 38**

Satie, Erik

Scope and Content Note

Ten posters of concert announcements.
box 46, folder 9

Saunders, Robert

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 66.
box 46, folder 10

Scarlatina, St.

box 46, folder 11-12

Schmidt, Angelika and Jürgen

box 46, folder 13

Schmidt-Heins, Barbara

box 46, folder 14-15

Schmit, Tomas

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, poems, scores, and announcements. See also Box 268*.
box 46, folder 16-20

Schneemann, Carolee

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and works, announcements and invitations, articles and clippings; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 261*.
box 46, folder 21

Schnyder, Jean-Frédéric

box 46, 319*

Schödl, Greta

box 46, folder 23

Scholte, Willy

box 46, folder 24

Schraenen, Guy

box 46, folder 25

Schuldt

box 46, folder 26

Schwartz, Francis

box 46, folder 27

Schwitters, Kurt

Scope and Content Note

Includes typescript poem "Short Hills" (1940), K : revue de la poésie , no. 3 (May 1949), photocopied articles, announcements, and clippings.
box 46, folder 28

Science Holiday

box 46, folder 29

Scorebroadsides

box 46, folder 30

Scott, Michael

box 46, folder 31

Searle, K.

box 46, folder 32

Selenitsch, Alex

Scope and Content Note

See also Roll 6**.
box 46, folder 33

Seligmann, Kurt

box 46, folder 34

Serra, Richard

box 46, folder 35

Serri, Bracha

box 46, folder 36

Seuphor, Michel

box 46, folder 37

Sevô, R.U.

box 46, folder 38

Shapiro, David

box 46, folder 39

Sharits, Paul

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 46, folder 40-41

Shaw, Joyce Cutler

Scope and Content Note

Proposals.
box 46, folder 42

Shaw, Karen

folder 43

Sheff, Robert

box 46, folder 44

Sheridan, Graham

box 46, folder 45

Sheridan, Noel

box 46, folder 46

Sheridan, Sonia

box 47, folder 1-2

Shimamoto, Shozo

Scope and Content Note

Mail art.
box 47, folder 3

Shiomi, Mieko

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and many "Spatial Poems." See also flat file folder 37**.
box 47, folder 4

Shohachiro, Takahashi

box 47, folder 5

Siegel, Julie

box 47, folder 6

Silliman, Ron

box 47, folder 7

Silva, Falves

box 47, folder 8

Silverman, Paul

box 47, folder 9

Simposio Differante

box 47, folder 10

Simpson, Sylvia

box 47, folder 11

Siné

box 321, folder 1

Sinodhinos, Paul

box 47, folder 12

Skidmore, Stephen

box 47, folder 13

Skoglund, Robert

box 47, folder 14

Skuber, Berty

box 47, folder 15

Smith, Barbara

box 47, folder 16

Smith, Larry

box 47, folder 17

Smith, Pauline

box 47, folder 18

Smith, Philip

 

Smithson, Robert

box 47, folder 19

Smithson, Robert

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 261*.
box 314**

Smithson, Robert

Scope and Content Note

Framed poster.
box 47, folder 20

Sohm, Joe

box 47, folder 21

Solomon, Carl

box 47, folder 22-23

Sondheim, Alan

Scope and Content Note

Mostly poetry.
box 47, folder 24

Sonfist, Alan

box 47, folder 25

Sorensen, William Louis

box 47, folder 26

Soupault, Philippe

box 47, folder 27-31

Souza, Al

Scope and Content Note

Mail art, correspondence and assorted papers; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 66.
box 47, folder 32

Spacagna, Jacques

box 47, folder 33

Spector, Buzz

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 47, folder 34

Spera, Steve

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
 

Spiegelman, Lon

box 47, folder 35-38

Spiegelman, Lon

Scope and Content Note

Mostly correspondence regarding Umbrella vol. 7, no. 2 (1984), but also some mail art by Spiegelman, and letters and mail art received from various artists; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 48

Spiegelman, Lon

Scope and Content Note

Umbrella, vol. 7, no. 2, paste-ups.
box 49, folder 1

Spodarek, Diane

 

Spoerri, Daniel

box 49, folder 2-5

Spoerri, Daniel

Scope and Content Note

Works, announcements, Eat Art ephemera, and clippings.
flatfile 39**

Spoerri, Daniel

Scope and Content Note

Poster, Meal Variation No. 1 and Meal Variation No. 4, both on cloth.
box 49, folder 6

S'Soreff, Stephen

box 49, folder 7

Staeck, Klaus

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 49, folder 8

Staeck, Rolf

box 49, folder 9

Stagnaro, Umberto

box 49, folder 10-14

Stake, Chuck

Scope and Content Note

Mail art, .25 lin. ft.
box 49, folder 15

Stanley, Charles J.

box 49, folder 16

Stansfield, Elsa

box 49, folder 17

Steen, Vagn

box 49, folder 18

Steiger, Dominik

box 49, folder 19

Steiner, Sherry L.

box 49, folder 20

Steingrimur, EK

box 49, folder 21

Steir, Pat

box 49, folder 22

Stembera, Petr

box 49, folder 23

Stephen, Gary

box 49, folder 24

Stezaker, John

box 49, folder 25

Stieglitz, Alfred

box 12, folder 12

Stikker, U.G. (Ground Editions), 1980-1981

Scope and Content Note

Filed under the name Dikker, U.P.
box 49, folder 26

Stoppard, Tom

box 49, folder 27

Strasen, Barbara

box 49, folder 28

Strong, T.M.

box 49, folder 29

Studentski Kulturni Centar

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 261*.
box 49, folder 30

Subgenius Foundation

box 49, folder 31

Subinen, Paul

box 49, folder 32

Subotnick, Morton

box 49, folder 33

Suel, Lucien

box 49, folder 34

Summer, Roel

box 49, folder 35

Summers, Craig

box 49, folder 36

Supek, Jaroslav

box 49, folder 37

Swarte, Joost

box 49, folder 38

Swierkiewica, Robert

box 49, folder 39

Szeemann, Harald

box 49, folder 40-41

S miscellaneous

 

T

box 49, folder 42

Tabor, Richard

box 49, folder 43

Tacchella, Rino

box 49, folder 44

Tacha, Athena

box 50, folder 1

Tanguy, Yves

box 50, folder 2

Tanning, Dorothea

box 50, folder 3

Tardos, Anne

box 50, folder 4

Tarr, Bill

box 266*, folder 5

Tavares, Salette

Scope and Content Note

Eight items signed and numbered.
box 50, folder 5

Tavener, Patricia

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 67; Box 261*.
box 50, folder 6

Tawney, Lenore

box 50, folder 7

Taylor, Mike

box 50, folder 8

Taylor, Richard O.

box 50, folder 9

Taylor, Thoss W.

box 50, folder 10-11

Tearle, Mel

Scope and Content Note

Mostly mail art.
box 50, folder 12

Tellvid, Claes

box 50, folder 13

Temley, Mary

box 50, folder 14

Tenney, James

 

Tetrad Press

box 50, folder 15

Tetrad Press

box 261*, folder 3

Tetrad Press

Scope and Content Note

Seven pamphlets by various artists, including Ian Breakwell and Ian Tyson.
box 50, folder 16

Thenot, Jean-Paul

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 266*.
box 50, folder 17

Third Story

box 50, folder 18

Thomas, John

box 50, folder 19

Thorpe, Hilda

box 50, folder 22

Ting, Walasse

box 50, folder 20-21

Tinguely, Jean

Scope and Content Note

Includes two postcards and a letter to Jan van der Marck (1962), and letter to Mr. Sandberg (1961).
box 50, folder 23

The Tinklers

box 50, folder 25

Tip Top

box 50, folder 24

Tipping, Richard

box 50, folder 26-27

Todorović, Miroljub

Scope and Content Note

Signalist poetry material.
box 50, folder 28

Todosijevic, Rasa

box 319*, folder 1

Tolbert, Norman?

box 50, folder 29

Tomatoy, Stuart P. P.

box 50, folder 30

Tone, Yasunao

box 50, folder 31

Tono, Yoshiaki

box 50, folder 32

Torok, Karl

box 50, folder 33

Toronto Research Group (Steve McCaffery, bp Nichol, et al.)

Scope and Content Note

Includes chapbooks.
 

Tót, Endre

box 50, folder 34-36

Tót, Endre

Scope and Content Note

Much mail art and some rubber stamp printing. See also Box 67, Box 320*, Box 268.
box 261*, folder 4

Tót, Endre

Scope and Content Note

Includes seven signed sheets of self-typed prints and other signed prints, 11 items total.
box 50, folder 37

Tóth, Gábor

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 50, folder 38

Tower, Jon

box 50, folder 39

Townsend

box 50, folder 42

Trans-parent Teachers Inc.

box 50, folder 40

Transformer, Todd

box 50, folder 41

Transgravity Press

box 50, folder 43

Tremaine, Kit

box 50, folder 44

Trent Polytechnic

box 50, folder 45

Tron, Otto

 

Truck, Fred

box 50, folder 46-47

Truck, Fred

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and Jean Brown typography. See also Box 266*.
box 51, folder 1-14

Truck, Fred

Scope and Content Note

Includes works, manuscript of Development of Signs in Space , other manuscripts (1983 Jun 6), Des Moines festival ephemera and photos, and Performance Bank ephemera; ca. .5 lin. ft.
box 261*, folder 5

Truck, Fred

Scope and Content Note

Includes "Striking camp A: masks" and Des Moines Festival posters; nine items total.
box 51, folder 15

Tschumi, Bernard

box 51, folder 16

Tudor, David

box 51, folder 17

Tupitsyn, Rita and Victor

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 51, folder 18

Turnbull, Gael

box 51, folder 19

Turyn, Anne

box 51, folder 20-21

Tzara, Tristan

Scope and Content Note

Includes seven letters and postcards to Paul Dermée discussing work by Jean Arp, Dadaism, and Céline Arnaud (1918-1920); four p. poetry manuscript, titled "Où boivent les loups" (1932); partial manuscript with many annotations of Tzara's introduction for Arthur Rimbaud: oeuvres complètes (Lausanne, 1948); and much ephemera, such as an announcement for a series of lectures in Zurich at the Galerie Corray (1917), a piece of blank Mouvement Dada stationery (1920), a broadside titled "Hommage à Dada" (1938), another broadside written in response to the Journal des Poètes 1932 Dec 18 issue, and four printed copies of "An Introduction to Dada," which was to have been published in Robert Motherwell's Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology (1951).
box 51, folder 22

T miscellaneous

 

U

box 51, folder 23

Uecker

box 51, folder 24

Ukeles, Mierle Laderman

box 51, folder 25

Ulassai

 

Ulrichs, Timm

box 51, folder 26-27

Ulrichs, Timm

Scope and Content Note

Concrete poetry and announcements. See also flat file folder 41**.
flatfile 41**

Ulrichs, Timm

Scope and Content Note

14 posters, some duplicates.
 

Unicorn Press

box 51, folder 28

Unicorn Press

box 52

Unicorn Press

Scope and Content Note

Includes Unicorn folio series one, no. four; Unicorn folio series three, no. two; Unicorn broadsheet series I & II (10 prints each).
box 51, folder 29

Universal Spy

box 51, folder 30

Upton, Lawrence

box 51, folder 31

Urban, Nikolaus

box 51, folder 32

Urso, Robert

box 54, folder 8

U miscellaneous

 

V

box 53, folder 1

Valencia

box 53, folder 2-3

Valoch, Jiří

Scope and Content Note

Poetry in many formats. See also Series VI.
box 53, folder 6

Van Proyen, Mark

box 53, folder 7

Van Riper, Peter

box 53, folder 4

Vandenbroucke, José

box 53, folder 5

Vanderburg, Albert

box 53, folder 8

Varia, Radu

box 53, folder 9

Varney, Ed

box 53, folder 10

Vater, Regina

 

Vautier, Ben

box 53, folder 11-17

Vautier, Ben

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, printed works such as cards, postcards, publications, announcements, and photographs. See also Box 266*, Box 268.
box 266*, folder 6

Vautier, Ben

Scope and Content Note

Includes Assholes Wallpaper and posters from the 1960s, 15 items total.
box 53, folder 18

VEC

box 53, folder 19

Velick, Bruce

box 53, folder 20

Verey, Charles

box 53, 321

Vidal, Francesco (SIEP Productions)

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 261*.
box 53, folder 23-24

Vigo, Edgardo-Antonio

Scope and Content Note

Mail art and other works.
box 53, folder 25

Vilks, Lars

box 53, folder 26

Virgula

box 53, folder 27

Viton, Jean-Jacques

box 53, folder 28

Void

box 53, folder 29

Volkmann, Herbert

box 53, folder 30

Vollmer, April

 

Vostell, Wolf

box 53, folder 31-34

Vostell, Wolf

Scope and Content Note

Letters to Vostell (photocopies from Happening Archive Berlin), letters to Jean Brown, and ephemera. See also flat file folder 42**.
flatfile 42**

Vostell, Wolf

Scope and Content Note

Ten posters, two of which are signed.
box 53, folder 35

Voyer, Jean-Pierre

box 54, folder 7

Vulliamy, Gérard

box 54, folder 8

V miscellaneous

 

W

box 54, folder 9

Wada, Yoshimasa

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 54, folder 10

Waitzkin, Stella

box 54, folder 11

Wall, Beriah

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 54, folder 12

Wallitt, Carol

box 54, folder 13

Walsh, Emmett

box 54, folder 14

Wamaling, Mark H.

box 321, folder 4

Ward, Philip

box 54, folder 15

Warhol, Andy

box 54, folder 16

Waring, James

box 54, folder 17

Watcke, Thomas

box 54, folder 18-19

Watts, Robert

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, Fluxus ephemera, works, and announcements. See also Box 60, Box 266*.
box 54, folder 20

Weiner, Lawrence

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 40**.
box 54, folder 21

Welch, Chris

box 54, folder 22

Welch, Chuck/Cracker Jack Kid

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 261*.
box 54, folder 23

Wendt, Larry

box 54, folder 24

Werner, Kenneth

box 54, folder 25

Wesselmann, Tom

box 54, folder 26

Westmore, Lynne

box 54, folder 27

Wewerka, Stefan

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 271*.
box 54, folder 28

What Is

box 54, folder 29

Wheatley, Steve

box 54, folder 30

Whitman, Robert

box 54, folder 31

Whitson, Al

box 54, folder 32

Whorral, Bill

box 54, folder 33

Wiater, Michael

box 54, folder 34

Widmer, Gwen

box 54, folder 35-36

Wielgosz, Andrzej

Scope and Content Note

Mostly booklets and some correspondence.
box 54, folder 37

Wieners, John

box 54, folder 38

Wilcock, John

box 54, folder 39

Willats, Stephen

box 54, folder 40

Wille, John

 

Williams, Emmett

box 55, folder 1-36

Williams, Emmett archive

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence includes George Brecht, Jean Brown, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Robert Filliou, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, George Maciunas (see also Maciunas files), Claes Oldenburg, Nam June Paik, Dieter Roth (photocopies), Daniel Spoerri, Robert Watts and La Monte Young. Also art works, manuscript of A Valentine for Noël , and a manuscript translation of Daniel Spoerri's The Mythological Travels of a modern Sir John Mandeville . Material dates from 1960 to 1972. See also Box 57.
box 56, folder 1-10

Williams, Emmett archive

Scope and Content Note

Score of Four-directional Song of Doubt; An Anecdoted Topography of Chance; photographs, announcements, and clippings; ca. .33 lin. ft. See also Box 60, Box 67, Box 261*, Box 268.
Box 56A

Williams, Emmett archive

Scope and Content Note

Five Fluxus rolls from Maciunas, two of which have letters attached; An Opera(two rolls).
box 261*, folder 7

Williams, Emmett

Scope and Content Note

Includes broadsheet, manuscript of "Fête Duchampêtre" for A Valentine for Noël and computer printout of "Vanguard poem for New York's avant-garde" (1968).
box 268*, folder 6-7

Williams, Emmett

Scope and Content Note

The "Ego Hego Shego" manuscript for A Valentine for Noël "Soldier" signed, 12 prints (artist's proofs) of the astrological signs, and "La fete a la gioconde sous le haut patronage de sa trascendence Marcel Duchamp."
box 56, folder 11

Williams, Jonathan

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 40**.
box 56, folder 12

Williams, William Carlos

box 56, folder 13

Wilson, Ann

box 56, folder 14

Wilson, Robert and others

Scope and Content Note

Clippings related to performance and technology. Includes clippings on Lee Breuer/Mabu Mines, art and technology, the MIT experimental music lab, Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach, Richard Foreman, and others.
box 56, folder 15

Winkfield, Trevor

box 56, folder 16

World Imitation Productions

box 56, folder 17

Wyllie, George

Scope and Content Note

See also Series VI.
box 56, folder 18

W miscellaneous

 

X, Y, Z

box 56, folder 19

Xenakis, Constantin and Iannis

box 56, folder 20

Xero Post

box 56, folder 21

Yael

box 56, folder 22-26

Young, La Monte and Marian Zazeela

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, announcements, Zazeela design samples, curriculum vitae, and articles; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 56, folder 27

Zabala, Horacio

box 56, folder 28

Zabriskie, Tom

box 56, folder 29-30

Zack, David

box 56, folder 31-33

Zaj Group (José Luis Castillejo, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti and others)

Scope and Content Note

Announcements, programs, and concrete poetry.
box 56, folder 34

Zappa, Frank

box 56, folder 35

Zeller, Ludwig and Susana Wald

box 56, folder 36

Zelt, Martha

box 56, folder 37

Zinc, Ruta (aka Nat Dean)

box 56, folder 38

Zorn, John

 

Zurbrugg, Nicholas

box 56, folder 39

Zurbrugg, Nicholas

box 57

Zurbrugg, Nicholas

Scope and Content Note

Artist's magazine Stereo Headphones, Nos. 8-10, proofs and paste-ups.
box 56, folder 40

X-Z miscellaneous

box 58, 319*-321

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 43**.
box 59

Fluxus announcements

Scope and Content Note

Framed paste-ups of Fluxus announcements designed by Maciunas (seven items). Most of the items in this Box and Boxes 60-61 have the same frames.
box 60

Small framed items

Scope and Content Note

Willem de Ridder drawing for Perpetual Fluxus Festival, 1965; Emilio Simonetti letter to Maciunas, ca. 1966; Jacques Villon print after Marcel Duchamp's Moulin à Cafè, 1912?; Robert Watts' George Maciunas: Life Span Data; Daniel Spoerri letter to Emmett Williams regarding The Mythological Travels of a modern Sir John Mandeville , 1969; from Emmett Williams archive, "Conditions for performing Fluxus published compositions, films and tapes."
box 62

Stevenson, Noël

Scope and Content Note

Framed "Spoerri" drawing, 1976.
 

Rubber stamps

box 63

Rubber stamps, B-F

Scope and Content Note

Bernard Banville of Zona (one stamp); Bizarro (five stamps and small printed stick-on labels); Jean Brown's Shaker Seed House address; Paul Cotton (one stamp); Betty Danon (two stamp); Steve Durland of Nomoma (five stamps and letter); John Fawcett (five stamps and letter).
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 64

Rubber stamps, G-I

Scope and Content Note

Bill Gaglione (one stamp used for Jean Brown postcard stationery, see Series V); Klaus Groh (four stamps); John Held (two stamps); Inkadinkadoo (three stamps and copy of Jean Brown's order); Inter Dada 84 (one stamp).
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 65

Rubber stamps, L-N

Scope and Content Note

La Mamelle (five stamps for Imagezine); Ginny Lloyd (one stamp); Mohammed (five stamps); Opal Nations (one stamp).
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 66

Rubber stamps, P-S

Scope and Content Note

Pawel Petasz (six stamps); Steve Random (two stamps and letter); Rockola (one stamp); Robert Saunders (one stamp); Al Souza (two stamps).
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 67

Rubber stamps, T-W and unidentified

Scope and Content Note

Patricia Tavenner (four stamps and letter); Endre Tót (one stamp); Emmett Williams (one mechanical stamp given as a gift); ca. 20 unidentified stamps; bottle of red stamp pad ink; small container of rubber typeset blocks.
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 68

Rubber stamps, library stamps

Scope and Content Note

Ca. 75 stamps from various libraries, pertaining to cataloging activities.
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 68A

Impressions of rubber stamps, library stamps

Scope and Content Note

Inked impressions on paper, made by the repository from stamps in Boxes 63-68, Box 127 (George Brecht's Stamp Out Stamping), Box 205 (Yoko Ono's Footstamps 1971) and Box 213 (Dieter Roth's Stempelkasten).
 

Oversize

box 257*, folder 1

A

Scope and Content Note

Includes Stephen Antonakos' Dream pillowcase, signed; David Aylward's Noneever signed (two copies); signed Ay-O rainbow print catalog with color photocopies.
box 262*, folder 1

A

Scope and Content Note

Includes John Baldessari poster, Stephen Bann Fleece, three posters by Robert Barancik, five Guy Bleus' posters (two are copies), two Robert Delford Brown posters and extracts from press notices of Ulysses.
box 267*, folder 1

A

Scope and Content Note

Includes Vito Acconci poster (two copies), Mel Bochner poster signed, the Broadsheet no. 3.
box 257*, folder 3

B

Scope and Content Note

Includes Vagrich Bakhchanyan Ledger 4 (1977), Franco Beltrametti poster signed to Jean Brown, John M. Bennett envelope, Robert Delford Brown poster, and Günter Brus Der blaue Wald (1974).
box 262*, folder 1

B

Scope and Content Note

Includes John Baldessari poster, Stephen Bann Fleece, three posters by Robert Barancik, five Guy Bleus' posters (two are copies), two Robert Delford Brown posters and extracts from press notices of Ulysses.
box 267*, folder 1

B

Scope and Content Note

Includes Vito Acconci poster (two copies), Mel Bochner poster signed, the Broadsheet no. 3.
box 258*, folder 1, 3

C

Scope and Content Note

Includes Luciano Caruso and Giorgio Concutelli De inventione linguarum (1982) signed, no. 10/18, and Alik Cavaliere Christmas card from Galeria Schwarz (1963).
box 262*, folder 2

C

Scope and Content Note

Includes John Cage printout (I Ching?), John Chamberlain poster for Castelli, and Paula Claire photocopy of "Totem."
box 267*, folder 2

C

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Lourdes Castro posters, four Douglas Davis posters.
box 258*, folder 4

D

Scope and Content Note

Salvador Dalí announcement at Carstairs Gallery (1961), Sergio Dangelo Christmas card from Galleria Schwarz (1962), signed Irene Dogmatic etching (1971), and Marcel Duchamp Art News announcement and clipping.
box 262*, folder 2

D

Scope and Content Note

Includes John Cage printout (I Ching?), John Chamberlain poster for Castelli, and Paula Claire photocopy of "Totem."
box 267*, folder 2

D

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Lourdes Castro posters, four Douglas Davis posters.
box 258*, folder 5

E

Scope and Content Note

Includes Leif Eriksson stamp sheet, Max Ernst clipping, and Amelia Etlinger envelope.
box 262*, folder 3

E

Scope and Content Note

Includes Erró "Mecanismo - Mecanifeste," Albert Fine (?) poster, and Ken Friedman poster.
box 267*, folder 3

E

box 262*, folder 3

F

Scope and Content Note

Includes Erró "Mecanismo - Mecanifeste," Albert Fine (?) poster, and Ken Friedman poster.
box 267*, folder 3

F

box 258*, folder 6

F

Scope and Content Note

Albert Fine score (1965), Kenneth Gaburo Lingua I: Poems and Other Theaters and a score, Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin's illustration of "Needle project" and envelope, signed Jochen Gerz print and a poster, and Klaus Groh envelope.
box 258*, folder 6

G

Scope and Content Note

Albert Fine score (1965), Kenneth Gaburo Lingua I: Poems and Other Theaters and a score, Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin's illustration of "Needle project" and envelope, signed Jochen Gerz print and a poster, and Klaus Groh envelope.
box 263*, folder 4

G

Scope and Content Note

Includes three Kenneth Gaburo scores (two copies of one), two György Galántai posters, two signed posters by Harley, Peter Hodgkiss mounted "Concrete poetry...," and two Jenny Holzer posters.
box 267*, folder 5

G

Scope and Content Note

Five Gerlovin posters, Jochen Gerz poster, announcement for Raoul Hausmann edition of Affiche, three Geoffrey Hendricks posters, Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles poster (two copies), Ed and Suzanne Bloom poster.
box 263*, folder 4

H

Scope and Content Note

Includes three Kenneth Gaburo scores (two copies of one), two György Galántai posters, two signed posters by Harley, Peter Hodgkiss mounted "Concrete poetry...," and two Jenny Holzer posters.
box 267*, folder 5

H

box 258*, folder 7

H

Scope and Content Note

Includes three John Halpern posters, a poem by Bernard Heidsieck (1961), and a Paula Hocks photocopy collage (1981).
box 259*, folder 1

I

Scope and Content Note

Includes Sarah Jackson Mindscape (1981) signed, no. 13/100, J.P. Jacob Shooting at strangers (1985) signed, no. 6/75, and Joe Jones drawing.
box 264*, folder 1

I

Scope and Content Note

Six Inter-Dada 84 Festival posters (two are copies), Jill Johnston in person poster (four copies).
box 259*, folder 1

J

Scope and Content Note

Includes Sarah Jackson Mindscape (1981) signed, no. 13/100, J.P. Jacob Shooting at strangers (1985) signed, no. 6/75, and Joe Jones drawing.
box 264*, folder 1

J

box 259*, folder 2

K

Scope and Content Note

Includes three Ronald King Circle Press pamphlets, and a Joseph Kosuth broadsheet.
box 264*, folder 2

K

Scope and Content Note

Includes Milan Knížák poster, Alison Knowles painted print signed and print of Maciunas performing, Richard Kostelanetz poster Manifestoes, and two Yayoi Kusama posters.
box 267*, folder 8

K

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Takehisa Kosugi prints, three Barbara Kruger posters, two Fernando Millan posters, three Maurizio Nannucci posters, and Richard Nonas poster.
box 259*, folder 3

L

Scope and Content Note

Includes Carl Laszlo et al. "'Manifest' gegen den Avantgardismus" (1958), Level 6 print, Sol LeWitt announcement and Location of Three Geometric Figures , and eight scores by Anestis Logothetis.
box 264*, folder 5

L

Scope and Content Note

Includes Jean-Jacques Lebel poster, six Theo Leuthold graphics, Sol LeWitt announcement, and poster of No show arranged by Boris Lurie.
box 267*, folder 8

L

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Takehisa Kosugi prints, three Barbara Kruger posters, two Fernando Millan posters, three Maurizio Nannucci posters, and Richard Nonas poster.
box 259*, folder 4

M

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Raul Marroquin posters.
box 264*, folder 7

M

Scope and Content Note

Includes Hansjörg Mayer (?) test print.
box 267*, folder 8

M

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Takehisa Kosugi prints, three Barbara Kruger posters, two Fernando Millan posters, three Maurizio Nannucci posters, and Richard Nonas poster.
box 259*, folder 5

N

Scope and Content Note

Includes Maurizio Nannucci announcement, two Max Neuhaus posters, and two Futzie Nutzle drawings and envelope.
box 267*, folder 8

N

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Takehisa Kosugi prints, three Barbara Kruger posters, two Fernando Millan posters, three Maurizio Nannucci posters, and Richard Nonas poster.
box 266*, 320*

N

Scope and Content Note

Includes Bruce Nauman materials.
box 268*, folder 1

O

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Lorenzo Pezzatini posters, and a poster sent to Carlo Pittore for the Maine Mail Art Exhibition.
box 268*, folder 1

P

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Lorenzo Pezzatini posters, and a poster sent to Carlo Pittore for the Maine Mail Art Exhibition.
box 259*, folder 7

P

Scope and Content Note

Includes Parasol Press signed Agnes Martin print Praise (1976), Geza Perneczky envelope, and Francisco Pino print portfolio Bloques no. 75/100.
box 266*, folder 2

P

Scope and Content Note

Signed Bern Porter poster, signed Steve Random poster, four Steve Reich posters, Rockola envelope.
box 260*, folder 3

R

Scope and Content Note

Man Ray clipping, three Childe Roland posters, and Jerome Rothenberg poster.
box 266*, folder 2

R

Scope and Content Note

Signed Bern Porter poster, signed Steve Random poster, four Steve Reich posters, Rockola envelope.
box 268*, folder 4

R

Scope and Content Note

Includes Robert Rauschenberg poster, Gerhard Richter poster, Robert Rehfeldt poster signed, Tomas Schmit poster (three copies), newspaper signed by Endre Tót.
box 268*, folder 4

S

Scope and Content Note

Includes Robert Rauschenberg poster, Gerhard Richter poster, Robert Rehfeldt poster signed, Tomas Schmit poster (three copies), newspaper signed by Endre Tót.
box 261*, folder 1

S

Scope and Content Note

Includes Carolee Schneemann announcement and painted envelope, Kurt Schwitters sheet of photostat clippings, Robert Smithson "Torn photograph..." (two copies), and Studentski Kulturni Centar magazine of rock-n-roll photos.
box 266*, folder 3

S

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Donald Scarvada scores.
box 261*, folder 2

T

Scope and Content Note

Includes Pat Tavenner broadsheet, three William Tillyer and Ian Tyson Circle Press pamphlets.
box 266*, folder 4

T

Scope and Content Note

Talbot calendar, Vincent Tangredi placemat, Jean-Paul Thenot Constat nos. 1-3, three Jean Tinguely posters, Fred Truck's The Left Ear of the Machine and Machine Blue Line Transparencies.
box 268*, folder 4

T

Scope and Content Note

Includes Robert Rauschenberg poster, Gerhard Richter poster, Robert Rehfeldt poster signed, Tomas Schmit poster (three copies), newspaper signed by Endre Tót.
box 268*, folder 5

U

Scope and Content Note

Includes Ben Vautier Open Tout and Close Nothing four sheets (two copies).
box 268*, folder 5

V

Scope and Content Note

Includes Ben Vautier Open Tout and Close Nothing four sheets (two copies).
box 261*, folder 6

V

Scope and Content Note

Includes Francesco Vidal painted work, William Wegman Franklin Furnace benefit lottery (three sheets), and Chuck Welch envelope.
box 261*, folder 6

W

Scope and Content Note

Includes Francesco Vidal painted work, William Wegman Franklin Furnace benefit lottery (three sheets), and Chuck Welch envelope.
box 268*, folder 5

W

box 266*, folder 7

W-Z

Scope and Content Note

Includes Robert Watts poster, Diane Wakoski's Dream sheet (1965).
box 261*, folder 8

Unidentified

box 268*, folder 8

Unidentified

 

Framed oversize

box 271*

Wewerka, Stefan and Dieter Roth

Scope and Content Note

A print, signed on verso of frame, no. 167/200.
 

Rolls and flat file folders

box 276*, roll 1-4*

Photographs and posters

box 276*, roll 1*

Claus, Carlfriedrich

Scope and Content Note

Five photographs of Claus drawings from Emmett Williams' An Anthology of Concrete Poetry,[1967?].
box 276*, roll 2*

Schmidt, [?]

Scope and Content Note

Two posters, "Concrete concept" 1971, and "timesandere."
box 276*, roll 3*

Rutherford, M. and G. Reed

Scope and Content Note

Two posters: "Awakening..." and "Three shoes empty..."
box 276*, roll 4*

Kilburn, David and Jean-Paul Curtay

Scope and Content Note

Kilburn photo and Curtay silkscreen poster, 1982. Also contains two mailing tubes which housed Fernando Millan posters and Guy Bleus posters.
flatfile 5**

Carlo Pittore - Maine Mail Art Exhibition

Scope and Content Note

Klaus-Peter Fürstenau watercolor, two photocopies of J.P. Jacobs "Remember me," Larry Rippel and Larry Smith collage, poster announcement of poetry exhibition at Galleria dell'Occhio.
box 322*

Original mailing tube

oversize 6**

Alex Selenitsch, Hugh Davies

Scope and Content Note

Two Alex Selenitsch silkscreen posters and Hugh Davies "Collection out 1974," #64/100.
oversize 7**

Alison Knowles, Maurizio Nannucci, Openings Press

Scope and Content Note

Alison Knowles Collections from the Full Moon, Maurizio Nannucci Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1977, Openings Press poster by Joe Tilson and Martin Rogers, 1973.
roll 8**

Robert Filliou, George Maciunas, Peter Moore, Daniel Spoerri, and Robert Watts

Scope and Content Note

Monsters are Inoffensive (Kellein: Fluxus, 1995: no. 51).
VERY FRAGILE: RIPPED IN MANY PLACES
flatfile 1**

A

Scope and Content Note

Includes Albrecht D. poster and Art & Language poster.
flatfile 2**

Arakawa, [Ei?]

Scope and Content Note

Nine posters, some duplicates.
flatfile 3**

B

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Guy Bleus posters, George Brecht poster, two copies of Yam Festival newspaper and No Smoking poster (ten copies), two James Lee Byars posters.
flatfile 6**

C

Scope and Content Note

Includes two Christo posters and two Philip Corner hand-drawn scores.
flatfile 11**

D-F

Scope and Content Note

Includes G.E. Debord poster (International Situationists, see also Lemaître), Amelia Etlinger drawing, Robert Filliou posters L'Immortelle Mort du Monde (with colored marker) and Galerie Legitime.
flatfile 17**

H

Scope and Content Note

Includes Bici Hendricks drawing, Dick Higgins posters, two Davi Det Hompson posters; Hetty Huisman signed poster and parchment paper with sandy substance and note to Jean Brown.
flatfile 18**

I-L

Scope and Content Note

Includes Allan Kaprow poster and Robert Longo signed poster.
flatfile 21**

M-O

Scope and Content Note

Includes six Herman Nitsch posters, Futzie Nutzle drawing, five Jürgen Olbrich posters (some events occurring at his house), Yoko Ono poster (two copies).
flatfile 32**

P-R

Scope and Content Note

Includes Carlo Pittore collage, signed silkscreen print and signed poster; Martin Rogers poster of Joe Tilson exhibition for Openings Press; James Rosenquist print Circles of Confusion and Lite Bulb.
flatfile 37**

S

Scope and Content Note

Includes Mieko Shiomi Spatial Poem No. 2 (three copies).
flatfile 40**

T-Z

Scope and Content Note

Includes two silkscreens by Ian Tyson, 11 Lawrence Weiner posters, and a Jonathan Williams poster.
flatfile 43**

Unidentified

 

Series II. Announcements and invitations, circa 1960-1989, (bulk 1970-1985)

Physical Description: ca. 36 Linear Feet (25 boxes, 8 oversize boxes, and 16 flat folders)

Scope and Content Note

Announcements and invitations in Series II include postcards, fliers, press releases and posters from galleries, museums and avant-garde artists' spaces, such as the Kitchen, Franklin Furnace, Leo Castelli Gallery, and the Institute for Art and Urban Resources. The majority of the venues are situated in New York City, and provide a rich account of exhibitions, happenings and poetry readings within a prolific artistic community.
Arrangement is alphabetically by name of gallery space (gallery names that include peoples' names are filed by last name, ex. Brooke Alexander Gallery is filed under 'A'; gallery names that start with numbers are filed as words, ex. 3 Mercer Street Gallery is filed under 'T'); miscellaneous items are filed alphabetically by country.
Note that printed ephemera also can be found in Series I. Artists' files.
 

A

box 69, folder 6

A.I.R. Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 70, folder 4-5

A.R.C./A.R.C. 2, Paris, France

box 69, folder 1

Galerie 'A', Amsterdam, Netherlands

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 69, folder 3-4

A Space, Toronto, ON

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 277*, Box 280*, flat file folder 44**.
box 69, folder 2

A's, New York City

box 69, folder 5

Agora Studio, Maastricht, Netherlands

box 69, folder 7

Aktionsgalerie, Bern, Switzerland

box 69, folder 8

Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznań, Poland

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 69, folder 9

Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York City

box 69, folder 10

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

box 69, folder 11

Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 277*.
box 69, folder 12-13

The Alternative Museum / The Alternative Center for International Arts Inc., New York City

box 69, folder 14

Amherst College, Amherst, MA

box 69, folder 15

And/Or Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Anthology Film Archives, New York City

box 69, folder 16-17

Anthology Film Archives

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 70, folder 1-2

Anthology Film Archives (cont.)

box 70, folder 3

Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands

box 70, folder 6

Ariadne Galleries, New York City

box 70, folder 7-8

Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 70, folder 9

Art & Project, Amsterdam, Netherlands

box 70, folder 11

Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

box 70, folder 16

Artpark, Lewiston, N.Y.

box 70, folder 10

Artestudio, Ponte Nossa, Italy

box 70, folder 12

Artists' Market, London, UK

box 70, folder 13-15

Artists Space, New York City

box 70, folder 17

Arts Council of Great Britain

box 70, folder 18

Atelier Rue Ste-Anne, Brussels, Belgium

 

B

box 70, folder 19

Baack'scher Kunstraum, Cologne, Germany

box 70, folder 20

Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association (BACA), New York City

box 71, folder 1

Galerie BAMA, Paris, France

box 71, folder 2

Banca Popolare di Milano, Italy

box 71, folder 3

Banff Centre, Banff, AB

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 44**.
box 71, folder 4

Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

box 71, folder 5-6

René Block Gallery, Berlin/New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 71, folder 7

Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City

box 71, folder 8

Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Zürich, Switzerland

box 71, folder 9

Book Gatherings, New York City

box 71, folder 10-11

Bookworks, Philadelphia, PA

box 71, folder 12

Galleria Borgobello, Parma, Italy

box 71, folder 13

Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

box 71, folder 14

Galleria Il Brandale, Savona, Italy

box 71, folder 15

Hal Bromm Gallery, New York City

box 71, folder 16

The Brook, New York City

box 71, folder 17

Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City

box 71, folder 18

Buecker & Harpsichords, New York City

box 71, folder 19

Bykert Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
 

C

box 71, folder 20

C Space Gallery, New York City

 

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City

box 71, folder 21-23

Leo Castelli Gallery

Scope and Content Note

Ca. 25 lin. ft.
box 280*, folder 4

Leo Castelli Gallery

Scope and Content Note

12 items.
flatfile 45**

Leo Castelli Gallery

Scope and Content Note

Nine items.
box 72, folder 1-2

Center for New Music, New York City

box 72, folder 3

Center for Twentieth Century Studies (C21), University of Wisconsin

box 72, folder 4

Centre Culturel du Marais, Paris, France

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 72, folder 5

Centre de Documentació d'Art Actual, Barcelona, Spain

box 72, folder 6

Centre for Experimental Art and Communication (CEAC), Toronto, ON

box 72, folder 7-9

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .25 lin. ft.
 

Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC), Buenos Aires, Argentina

box 72, folder 10-15

Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC)

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .5 lin. ft.
box 73, folder 1-5

Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC)

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .5 lin. ft. See also Box 277*.
 

Chapter Gallery

box 73, folder 6

Chapter Gallery

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 277*, Box 284*.
box 280*, folder 5

Chapter Gallery

Scope and Content Note

19 items.
box 73, folder 7

Citibank, New York City

box 73, folder 8

City Gallery/Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City

box 73, folder 9

Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France

box 73, folder 10-11

Clouds 'n' Water Gallery/Off Centre Centre (OCC), Calgary, AB

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 73, folder 12

Collective for Living Cinema, New York City

box 73, folder 13

Columbia University, New York City

box 73, folder 14

Composers Forum

box 74, folder 1

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 277*.
box 74, folder 2

Claire S. Copley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

box 74, folder 3

Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*, flat file folder 44**.
box 74, folder 4

Creative Time, New York City

 

D

box 74, folder 5

Dance Theater Workshop, New York City

box 74, folder 6

Danceteria, New York City

box 74, folder 7

M.L. D'Arc Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 284*.
box 74, folder 8

D'ars, Milan, Italy

box 74, folder 9-10

De Appel Art Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 74, folder 11

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Berlin, Germany

box 74, folder 12

Dokumenta 6, Kassel, Germany

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 44**.
box 74, folder 13-14

Dramatic Arts Center/ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor, MI

box 74, folder 15

Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York City

box 74, folder 16

Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles/New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 277*, flat file folder 44**.
 

E-F

box 74, folder 17

Ear Inn, New York City

box 74, folder 18

80 Langton St., San Francisco, CA

box 74, folder 19

Robert Elkon Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 74, folder 20

André Emmerich Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 284*.
box 75, folder 1

Rosa Esman Gallery, New York City

box 75, folder 2-4

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 75, folder 5-6

Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 277*.
 

Fashion Moda art space, New York City

box 75, folder 7-8

Fashion Moda

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 277*, folder 4

Fashion Moda

Scope and Content Note

25 items.
box 75, folder 9

Galleria Ferruccio Fata, Bologna, Italy

box 75, folder 10

Richard L. Feigen Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*, Box 284*, flat file folder 46**.
box 75, folder 11-13

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
box 75, folder 14

Festival Gallery, Bath, UK

box 75, folder 15

55 Mercer St, New York City

box 75, folder 16

Fine Arts Building, New York City

box 76, folder 2

Fischbach Gallery, New York City

box 76, folder 1

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

box 76, folder 4

Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland

box 76, folder 3

Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria

box 76, folder 5

49th Parallel (art gallery), New York City

 

Franklin Furnace, New York City

box 76, folder 6-19

Franklin Furnace, New York City

Scope and Content Note

Material dates from 1976 to 1985, ca. .66 linear ft. See also Box 284*.
box 277*, folder 5

Franklin Furnace

Scope and Content Note

12 items.
box 280*, folder 9

Franklin Furnace

Scope and Content Note

14 items.
box 76, folder 20

Jean Freeman Gallery, New York City

box 76, folder 21

Robert Freidus Gallery, New York City

box 76, folder 22

Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 280*.
 

G

box 76, folder 23

Galerie Gaëtan, Geneva, Switzerland

box 76, folder 24

Galeriehaus Köln, Cologne, Germany

box 77, folder 1

Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

box 77, folder 2

General Idea (art collective), Toronto, ON

box 77, folder 3-4

John Gibson Gallery, New York City

box 77, folder 5

Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland

box 77, folder 6

Goethe-Institut

box 77, folder 7-8

Marian Goodman Gallery/ Multiples, Inc., New York City

box 77, folder 9

Graham Gallery, New York City

box 77, folder 10

Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd (art gallery), London, UK

box 77, folder 11

Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York City

box 77, folder 12-14

Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 277*.
 

H

box 77, folder 15

Galerie H, Graz, Austria

 

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

box 77, folder 16-17

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

box 277*, folder 7

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Scope and Content Note

Two announcements and 16 issues of ADS News.
box 78, folder 1

Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

box 78, folder 2

Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany

box 78, folder 3

OK Harris Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 284*.
box 78, folder 4

Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT

box 78, folder 5-6

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.

box 78, folder 7

Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York City

box 78, folder 8

Galerie Howeg, [Zürich, Switzerland?]

box 78, folder 9

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

box 78, folder 10

Hundred Acres gallery, New York City

 

Hunter Gallery, New York City

box 78, folder 11

Hunter Gallery

box 277*, folder 8

Hunter Gallery

Scope and Content Note

Four items.
 

I

box 78, folder 12

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 281*, flat file folder 46**.
box 78, folder 13

Image Gallery, Stockbridge, MA

box 78, folder 14

Ink, Zürich, Switzerland

box 78, folder 15

Inroads Gallery, New York City

 

Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., New York City environs

box 78, folder 16-25

Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc.

Scope and Content Note

Includes P.S. 1 and The Clocktower Gallery, 1973-1983; ca. .5 lin. ft.
box 79, folder 1-4

Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc.

Scope and Content Note

Includes P.S. 1 and The Clocktower Gallery, 1984-1985, and undated, and Calendar for new music; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 278*, Box 284*, flat file folder 46**.
box 79, folder 5

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

box 79, folder 6

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK

box 79, folder 7

Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York City

 

J

box 79, folder 8

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*, flat file folder 47**.
box 79, folder 9

Bernard Jacobsen Ltd, New York City

box 79, folder 10

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 284*, flat file folder 47**.
box 79, folder 11-13

Judson Memorial Church, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 281*, Box 284*.
box 79, folder 14

Just Above Midtown/Downtown, New York City

 

K

 

The Kitchen, New York City

box 79, folder 15-23

The Kitchen, New York City

Scope and Content Note

Material dates from 1972 to 1979, ca. .5 lin. ft. See also Box 284*.
box 80, folder 1-12

The Kitchen, New York City

Scope and Content Note

Material dates from 1978 to 1985, and undated; ca. .5 lin. ft.
box 278*, folder 2

The Kitchen

Scope and Content Note

24 items.
box 281*, folder 3

The Kitchen

Scope and Content Note

Eight items.
box 80, folder 13

Kwok Gallery, New York City

 

L

box 80, folder 15

La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA

 

La Mamelle/Contemporary Arts Press, San Francisco, CA

box 80, folder 17-18

La Mamelle/Contemporary Arts Press, San Francisco, CA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 65.
box 278*, folder 3

La Mamelle

Scope and Content Note

20 items.
box 281*, folder 4

La Mamelle

Scope and Content Note

Eight items.
box 80, folder 14

Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland

box 80, folder 16

Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON

box 80, folder 19

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France

box 80, folder 20

Landau-Alan Gallery, New York City

box 80, folder 21

Thomas Lewallen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

box 80, folder 22-23

Living Theatre, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 284*.
box 80, folder 24

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 281*.
box 81, folder 1

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA

box 81, folder 2-3

Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA), Los Angeles, CA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*.
box 81, folder 4

Il Luogo Gallery, Rome, Italy

 

M

box 81, folder 5

Magnuson Lee Gallery, Boston, MA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 284*.
box 81, folder 7

Galerie Marika Malacorda, Geneva, Switzerland

box 81, folder 6

Manhattan Art, New York City

box 81, folder 9

Marlborough Gallery, New York City

box 81, folder 8

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, MA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 81, folder 10

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York City

box 81, folder 11

Mattress Factory (art museum), Pittsburgh, PA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 284*.
box 81, folder 12

Galerie Lydia Megert, Bern, Switzerland

box 81, folder 13

Il Mercante, Milan, Italy

box 81, folder 14

Mercato del Sale Gallery, Milan, Italy

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 81, folder 15

Merzaum's Desire Productions, Baltimore, MD

box 81, folder 16

Metro Pictures gallery, New York City

box 81, folder 17

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

box 82, folder 6

Elise Meyer Gallery, New York City

box 81, folder 18

Milleneum

box 81, folder 19

Mills College, Oakland, CA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 81, folder 20

Mobius (art center), Boston, MA

box 81, folder 21

Ruimte Morguen gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

box 81, folder 22

Mostyn Art Gallery, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

box 81, folder 23

Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 81, folder 24

Mudd Club, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*.
box 81, folder 25

Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA), San Francisco, CA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 281*.
box 81, folder 26

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 82, folder 1-4

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .33 lin. ft.
box 82, folder 5

Museum of Temporary Art (MOTA), Washington, D.C.

box 82, folder 7

John Bernard Myers Gallery, New York City

 

N

box 82, folder 8

N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL

box 82, folder 9

Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*, Box 284*.
box 82, folder 10

Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, NY

box 82, folder 12

New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

box 82, folder 13-14

New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City

box 82, folder 15

New Reform VZW, Aalst, Belgium

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 281*.
box 82, folder 16

New Wilderness Foundation, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 47**.
box 82, folder 17

New York University, New York City

box 82, folder 11

Newport Harbor Art Museum, Orange County, CA

box 82, folder 18

Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

box 82, folder 19

Galleria 9 Colonne, Trento, Italy

box 82, folder 21

No Se No, New York City

box 82, folder 20

Annina Nosei Gallery, New York City

 

NRA Shakespeare International Gallery, Paris, France

box 82, folder 22

NRA Shakespeare International Gallery

box 83, folder 1-2

NRA Shakespeare International Gallery

 

O-P

box 83, folder 3

112 Greene Street/112 Workshop Inc., New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 83, folder 4

Galerie Oppenheim, Cologne, Germany

box 83, folder 5

Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA

box 83, folder 6

Pace Gallery, New York City

box 83, folder 7

Parachute Center, Calgary, AB

box 83, folder 8

Park Place Gallery, New York City

box 83, folder 9

Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City

box 83, folder 10

Participation Project Foundation Inc., New York City

box 83, folder 11

Performance Space 122 (PS122), New York City

box 83, folder 12

Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, MA

box 83, folder 13

Placenter, New York City

box 83, folder 14

Poindexter Gallery, New York City

box 83, folder 15

Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, France

box 83, folder 16-17

Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR

box 83, folder 18

Pratt Institute, New York City

box 83, folder 19

Galerie Rolf Preisig, Basel, Switzerland

box 83, folder 20

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

box 83, folder 21

Print Gallery, Pieter Brattinga, Amsterdam, Netherlands

box 83, folder 22

Produzentengalerie, Hamburg/Munich, Germany

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 83, folder 23

Projection Ursula Wevers, Cologne, Germany

box 83, folder 24

Max Protetch Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
box 84, folder 1

Public Image/221 Mott, New York City

box 84, folder 2

PUMPS Centre for the Arts, Vancouver, BC

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
 

R

box 84, folder 3

Stephen Radich Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
 

Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

box 84, folder 4-6

Real Art Ways

box 281*, folder 10

Real Art Ways

Scope and Content Note

Four posters and newsletters.
box 84, folder 7

Remont Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

box 84, folder 8

Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

box 84, folder 9

Roulette, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 281*.
box 84, folder 10

Royal Marks Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 281*.
 

S

box 84, folder 11-12

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), San Francisco, CA

Scope and Content Note

Material dates from 1976 to 1985. See also Box 282*.
 

Galerie Sankt Petrilaka (aka S:t Petri), Lund, Sweden

box 84, folder 13

Galerie Sankt Petrilaka (aka S:t Petri)

box 278*, folder 7

Galerie Sankt Petrilaka (aka S:t Petri)

Scope and Content Note

23 items.
box 84, folder 14

Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy

box 84, folder 15

Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY

box 84, folder 16

Galerie Seriaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands

box 84, folder 17

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
box 84, folder 18-19

Simon Fraser Gallery/Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
 

Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

box 84, folder 20

Smith College Museum of Art

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 284*.
box 282*, folder 2

Smith College

Scope and Content Note

Nine items.
box 84, folder 21

Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 282*, Box 284*.
box 85, folder 1-2

Sonnabend Gallery, New York City

 

South West Arts, Exeter, UK

box 85, folder 3

South West Arts

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
box 278*, folder 8

South West Arts

Scope and Content Note

Ten items.
box 85, folder 4

Southern Arts, Winchester, UK

box 85, folder 5

Spectrum Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*, Box 284*.
box 85, folder 6

Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York City

 

St. Marks Church/Poetry Project, New York City

box 85, folder 7

St. Marks Church/Poetry Project

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
box 278*, folder 6

St. Marks Church/Poetry Project

Scope and Content Note

Ca. 30 items.
box 85, folder 8

Stable Gallery, New York City

box 85, folder 11

Staempfli Gallery, New York City

box 85, folder 9-10

Galerie Stähli, Zürich, Switzerland

box 85, folder 12

Galerie Stampa, Basel, Switzerland

box 85, folder 13

Stefanotty [Stefanotti] Gallery, New York City

box 85, folder 14

Stemplaats, Amsterdam, Netherlands

box 85, folder 15

Storefront gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
box 85, folder 16

Studio Inquadrature, Florence, Italy

box 85, folder 17

Galleri Sudurgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland

box 85, folder 18

Galeria Sztuki Aktualnej (Actual Arts Gallery), Poland

 

T-V

box 85, folder 19

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

box 85, folder 20

10 Leonard St., New York City

box 85, folder 21

3 Mercer Street Gallery, New York City

box 85, folder 22

Thumb Gallery, London, UK

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
box 86, folder 1

Touchstone Gallery, New York City

box 86, folder 2

Truman Gallery, New York City

box 86, folder 3

Union Gallery, San Jose, CA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
 

University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

box 86, folder 4-5

University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 284*.
box 282*, folder 4-5

University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Scope and Content Note

46 items.
box 86, folder 6

Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

 

Véhicule Art, Montréal, QC

box 86, folder 7-8

Véhicule Art

box 278*, folder 9

Véhicule Art

Scope and Content Note

23 items.
box 282*, folder 6

Véhicule Art

Scope and Content Note

21 items.
box 284*, folder 6

Véhicule Art

Scope and Content Note

Portfolio with 16 posters + one other.
flatfile 49**

Véhicule Art

Scope and Content Note

Seven items.
 

W-Z

box 86, folder 9

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

box 86, folder 10-11

Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
box 86, folder 12-14

John Weber Gallery, New York City

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .25 lin. ft. See also Box 282*.
box 86, folder 15-16

Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*.
 

Western Front, Vancouver, BC

box 86, folder 17

Western Front

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*, Box 284*.
box 278*, folder 10

Western Front

Scope and Content Note

33 items.
box 86, folder 19

White Columns, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 282*.
box 86, folder 18

Ruth White Gallery, London, UK

 

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK

box 86, folder 20

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*.
box 87, folder 1-2

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK

box 87, folder 3-5

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 282*, Box 284*.
box 87, folder 6

Galeria Wielka 19-Galeria Rysunku, Poznań, Poland

box 87, folder 7

Wildenstein gallery, New York City

box 87, folder 8-10

Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, WI

box 87, folder 11

Zone Art Center, Springfield, MA

Scope and Content Note

See also Box 278*, Box 282*.
 

Miscellaneous, alphabetically by country

flatfile 50**

Countries A-N

Scope and Content Note

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Japan, Netherlands.
box 88, folder 1

Argentina

box 88, folder 3

Australia

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 50**.
box 88, folder 2

Austria

flatfile 51**

Austria

box 88, folder 4

Belgium

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 50**.
box 283*, folder 1

Belgium

box 88, folder 5

Brazil

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 50**.
box 88, folder 6-9

Canada

Scope and Content Note

Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and misc. ca. .25 lin. ft. See also flat file folder 50**.
box 279*, folder 1

Canada

box 283*, folder 2

Canada

box 88, folder 10

Denmark

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 50**.
box 88, folder 11-13

France

Scope and Content Note

Paris and misc.; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also flat file folder 50**.
box 279*, folder 2

France

box 283*, folder 3

France

box 88, folder 14-19

Germany

Scope and Content Note

Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Münich and misc.; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 279*, folder 3

Germany

box 283*, folder 4

Germany

flatfile 52**

Germany

Scope and Content Note

Cities B-H.
flatfile 53**

Germany

Scope and Content Note

Cities K-S.
box 88, folder 20

Greece

box 88, folder 21

Hungary

box 89, folder 1

Iceland

box 89, folder 2

Israel

box 89, folder 3-13

Italy

Scope and Content Note

Bologna, Firenze, Genova, Milan, Naples, Rome, Torino and misc.; ca. .66 lin. ft.
flatfile 54**

Italy

box 89, folder 14

Japan

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 50**.
box 89, folder 15-17

Netherlands

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 50**.
flatfile 55**

Countries P-U

Scope and Content Note

Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
box 89, folder 18

Poland

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 55**.
box 89, folder 19

Spain

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 55**.
box 90, folder 1

Sweden

Scope and Content Note

See also flat file folder 55**.
box 283*, folder 5

Sweden

box 283*, folder 5

Switzerland

box 90, folder 2

Switzerland

box 90, folder 3-7

United Kingdom

Scope and Content Note

London and misc.; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also flat file folder 55**.
box 279*, folder 4

United Kingdom

box 283*, folder 6

United Kingdom

flatfile 56**

United Kingdom

Scope and Content Note

Three posters of travel advertisements printed in the early 1900s, 1 illustrated by Frank Mason and another by Graham Simmons.
 

USA

box 284*, folder 7

USA

flatfile 59**

USA

Scope and Content Note

Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
box 90, folder 8-14

USA-California

Scope and Content Note

California: San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County; ca. .5 lin. ft.
flatfile 57**

USA-California

box 283*, folder 8

USA-California: Los Angeles and Sacramento

box 279*, folder 6

USA-California: Los Angeles and So. California

box 279*, folder 5

USA-California: San Francisco Bay Area

box 283*, folder 7

USA-California: San Francisco Bay Area

box 91, folder 1-20

USA-California-New York

Scope and Content Note

California misc., Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois (Chicago and misc.), Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts (Boston and misc., ca. .25 lin. ft.), Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City: A-B (ca. .25 lin. ft.).
box 279*, folder 7-8

USA-New York City

box 283*, folder 10-12

USA-New York City

box 283*, folder 13

USA-New York State

flatfile 58**

USA-New York State

box 92, folder 1-17

USA-New York: New York City: C-S

box 93, folder 1-17

USA-New York-Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content Note

New York City: T-Z; New York City misc.; New York State misc. (ca. .5 lin. ft.); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and misc.); Texas; West Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and misc. states.
box 283*, folder 9

USA-Massachusetts

box 279*, folder 9

USA-Massachusetts, New York State, Pennsylvania

box 283*, folder 14

USA-Pennsylvania: Philadelphia

box 279*, folder 10

USA miscellaneous

box 283*, folder 15-16

USA miscellaneous

box 93, folder 18

Miscellaneous countries

box 279*, folder 11

Miscellaneous countries

box 284*, folder 8-9

Miscellaneous countries

box 283*, folder 17

Miscellaneous countries

 

Oversize

box 284*, folder 1

A-F

Scope and Content Note

Includes Chapter Gallery (one item), Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco (three items), M.L. D'Arc Gallery, (three copies of one), André Emmerich Gallery (one), Richard L. Feigen Gallery (four items), Franklin Furnace (three copies of one).
box 277*, folder 1

A-B

Scope and Content Note

Includes A Space (seven items) and Brooke Alexander Gallery (one item).
box 280*, folder 1

A

Scope and Content Note

Includes Galerie 'A' (one item), A Space (four items), A.I.R. Gallery (one item), Galeria Akumulatory 2 (16 items), Anthology Film Archives (one item).
flatfile 44**

A-E

Scope and Content Note

Includes A Space (two items), Banff Centre (four items), Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery (one item), Dokumenta 6 (one), Dwan Gallery (one item).
box 280*, folder 2

AR-B

Scope and Content Note

Includes Arnolfini (seven items), Art Research Center (one item), René Block Gallery (one item), Bykert Gallery (three items).
box 277*, folder 2

C

Scope and Content Note

Includes Centro de Arte y Comunicación (two items), Chapter Gallery (ten items), Paula Cooper Gallery (one item).
box 280*, folder 3

C

Scope and Content Note

Includes Centre Culturel du Marais (six items), Clouds 'n' Water Gallery/Off Centre Centre (five items), Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery (ten items).
box 280*, folder 6

D

Scope and Content Note

Includes De Appel Art Centre (five items), Dwan Gallery (eight items).
box 280*, folder 7

E

Scope and Content Note

Includes Robert Elkon Gallery (two items) and Everson Museum (seven items).
box 277*, folder 3

D-F

Scope and Content Note

Includes Dwan Gallery (two items) and Experimental Intermedia Foundation (two items).
box 280*, folder 8

F

Scope and Content Note

Includes Fashion Moda art space (five items), Richard L. Feigen Gallery (four items), Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (three items), Allan Frumkin Gallery (one item).
flatfile 46**

F-I

Scope and Content Note

Includes Richard L. Feigen Gallery (one item), Ikon Gallery (four items), Institute for Art and Urban Resources (two items).
box 277*, folder 6

G

Scope and Content Note

Includes Green Gallery (one item) and Guggenheim Museum (one item).
box 284*, folder 2

G-I

Scope and Content Note

Includes OK Harris Gallery (three items), Institute for Art and Urban Resources (12 items), Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (four items).
box 281*, folder 1

H-I

Scope and Content Note

Includes Ikon Gallery (seven items).
box 278*, folder 1

I-J

Scope and Content Note

Includes Ikon Gallery (two items), Institute for Art and Urban Resources (three items), Sidney Janis Gallery (one item), Martha Jackson Gallery (one item), Judson Memorial Church (four items).
box 281*, folder 2

J

Scope and Content Note

Includes Martha Jackson Gallery (three items) and Judson Memorial Church (two items).
flatfile 47**

J-P

Scope and Content Note

Includes Martha Jackson Gallery (one item), Sidney Janis Gallery (two items), New Wilderness Foundation (two items).
box 284*, folder 3

J-R

Scope and Content Note

Includes Sidney Janis Gallery (two items), Judson Memorial Church (one item), The Kitchen (one item), Living Theatre (one item), Magnuson Lee Gallery (one item), Mattress Factory art museum (one item), Tibor de Nagy Gallery (two items).
box 281*, folder 5

L-MO

Scope and Content Note

Includes Long Beach Museum of Art (two items), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (four items), Mercato del Sale Gallery (three items), Mills College (three items), Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (three items).
box 281*, folder 6

MU-MY

Scope and Content Note

Includes Museum of Conceptual Art (eight items), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (one item).
box 281*, folder 7

N-O

Scope and Content Note

Includes Tibor de Nagy Gallery (two items), New Reform VZW (three items), 112 Greene Street/112 Workshop Inc. (two items).
box 278*, folder 4

L-R

Scope and Content Note

Includes Living Theatre (two items), Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (one item), Long Beach Museum of Art (one item), Museum of Conceptual Art (two items), Mudd Club (one item), New Reform VZW (one item), and Roulette (two items).
box 281*, folder 8

P

Scope and Content Note

Includes Produzentengalerie (four items), Max Protetch Gallery (three items), PUMPS Centre for the Arts (one item).
box 281*, folder 9

R

Scope and Content Note

Includes Stephen Radich Gallery (one item), Roulette (one item), Royal Marks Gallery (two items).
box 284*, folder 4

S

Scope and Content Note

Includes Smith College Museum of Art (four items), Holly Solomon Gallery (one item), Spectrum Gallery (three items), Galerie nächst St. Stephan in Vienna (two items).
box 278*, folder 5

S-Z

Scope and Content Note

Includes Holly Solomon Gallery (two items), White Columns (three items), Whitechapel Art Gallery (three items), Zone Art Center (three items).
box 282*, folder 1

SA-SM

Scope and Content Note

Includes San Francisco Art Institute (seven items), Tony Shafrazi Gallery (one item), Simon Fraser Gallery/Simon Fraser University (three items), Holly Solomon Gallery (one item), South West Arts (four items), Spectrum Gallery (one item).
box 282*, folder 3

ST-T

Scope and Content Note

St. Mark's Church/Poetry Project (nine items), Galerie nächst St. Stephan (three items), Storefront gallery (four items), Thumb Gallery (two items).
flatfile 48**

S-U

box 282*, folder 7

U-WEB

Scope and Content Note

Includes Union Gallery (one item), Washington Project for the Arts (five items), John Weber Gallery (two items).
box 282*, folder 8

WER-Z

Scope and Content Note

Includes Galerie Michael Werner (one item), Western Front (five items), White Columns (two items), Whitney Museum of American Art (three items), Howard Wise Gallery, New York City (one item), Zone Art Center (two items).
box 284*, folder 5

U-Z

Scope and Content Note

Includes University Gallery, University of Massachusetts (three items), Western Front (five items) and Whitney Museum of American Art (four items).
 

Series III. Topical ephemera, circa 1910-1989, (bulk 1965-1989)

Physical Description: ca. 17 Linear Feet (12 boxes and 5 flat folders)

Scope and Content Note

Series III includes printed ephemera and some clippings arranged by subject: copy art, Dada and Surrealism, dance, Fluxus, happenings, mail art, music, poetry, rubber stamp printing, semiotics, small presses, and video. Items typically document group activities occurring in venues different from those in Series II. The small presses section, the bulk of this series, comprises catalogs and publicity from publishers, distributors and bookstores dealing in artists' books, poetry and art multiples. Notations by Brown record her acquisitions. Most materials within a topic are arranged chronologically, except for the semiotics and small presses sections which are filed alphabetically.
box 94, folder 1

Copy art, circa 1978-1984

box 94, folder 2-17

Dada and Surrealism ephemera, circa 1910-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Printed announcements, broadsides and posters. Some folders include small catalogs. Some photocopies, some clippings.
box 94, folder 2

1910s

box 94, folder 3

1920-1922

box 94, folder 4

1924-1929

box 94, folder 5

1930-1935

box 94, folder 6

1936-1939

box 94, folder 7

1940s

box 94, folder 8

1950s

box 94, folder 9

1960-1964

box 94, folder 10

1965-1969

box 94, folder 11

Association for the Study of Dada and Surrealism: printed ephemera, 1967-1980

box 94, folder 12

Dada and Surrealism ephemera, 1970-1975

Scope and Content Note

Includes catalogs, postcards.
box 94, folder 13

1976-1979

box 94, folder 14

1980

Scope and Content Note

Includes catalog in binder from Reinhold-Brown Gallery for The Dada Poster.
box 94, folder 15

1981-1985

box 94, folder 16

Dada, Bonn, 1980

Scope and Content Note

Clippings, announcements of Dada events in Bonn, Germany.
box 94, folder 17

undated

flatfile 60**

Dada and Surrealism

Scope and Content Note

"Excursions & visites: Dada 1ère visite," 1921; "Grand bal travesti transmental" at Salle Bullier, 1923; "Erste internationale Dada-messe," n.d.; "We ask your attention," n.d.; "Festival Dada" at Salle Gaveau, 1920; announcement for Minotaure nos. 3-4; poster of "Dada 1916-1923" at Sidney Janis Gallery, 1953; and poster "Dada Lives," 1969. (See Jas Duke file for identification of artists in Series I.)
box 94, folder 18-21

Dance, 1972-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .25 lin. ft.
 

Fluxus

box 95, folder 1-9

Fluxus, 1962-1989

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .66 lin. ft.
flatfile 61**

Fluxus

Scope and Content Note

18 items.
flatfile 62**

Fluxus

Scope and Content Note

18 items and some early clippings from German newspapers.
box 95, folder 10

Happenings, undated

 

Mail art

box 95, folder 11-16

Mail art, 1970-1981

Scope and Content Note

Ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 96, folder 1-9

Mail art, 1974-1986, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes separate files for postage stamps, 1974-1986, n.d.; ca. .5 lin. ft.
 

Music

box 96, folder 10-17

Music, 1937-1978

Scope and Content Note

ca. .5 lin. ft.
box 97, folder 1-10

Music, 1979-1985, undated

Scope and Content Note

ca. .5 lin. ft.
 

Poetry

box 97, folder 11-14

Poetry, 1964-1985

Scope and Content Note

Concrete poetry, sound and visual poetry, ca. .5 lin. ft.
box 98, folder 1-4

Poetry, miscellaneous, 1970-1985

box 98, folder 5-6

Rubber stamp printing, 1976-1984, undated

box 98, folder 7-11

Semiotics

Scope and Content Note

Primarily photocopied articles filed by author's name, A-Z; ca. .33 lin. ft.
 

Small presses, undated

box 98, folder 12-20

Small presses, AG-ASSE

box 99, folder 1-27

Small presses, ASSO-E

box 100, folder 1-24

Small presses, F-MAI

box 101, folder 1-20

Small presses, MAY-PR

box 102, folder 1-23

Small presses, P miscellaneous-UN

box 103, folder 1-8

Small presses, U miscellaneous-Z, unidentified

flatfile 63**

Small Presses, A-L

flatfile 64**

Small Presses, M-Z

 

Video

box 103, folder 9-20

Video, 1966-1977

Scope and Content Note

ca. .5 lin. ft.
box 104, folder 1-14

Video, 1978-1986, undated

box 105, folder 1-2

Video, undated

box 105, folder 3-4

Video miscellaneous

 

Series IV. Miscellaneous clippings, 1957-1987, (bulk 1980-1985)

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Series IV comprises clippings from newspapers and magazines concerning artists, galleries, books, and cultural trends. The most common sources are the New York Times and New Yorker magazine.
box 106, folder 1-20

1957-1987

box 107

Miscellaneous oversize clippings from Series III, IV, and V

 

Series V. Jean Brown personal files, 1993, undated

Physical Description: 3.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Personal files in Series V include a transcript copy of Brown's oral history (1993), an annotated copy of Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology, personalized letterhead, note cards and stamps, some of which were designed by Maciunas, and spiral notepads. There are several series of card catalogs handwritten by Brown listing her collection of books and objects.
box 108, folder 1-20

Biographical information, stationery, notes, bibliographies

box 108, folder 1-5

Who's who

Scope and Content Note

Requests for biographical information from various publishers.
box 108, folder 6

Biography: oral history, 1993

Scope and Content Note

UCLA Oral History transcripts.
box 108, folder 7-9

Stationery

Scope and Content Note

Includes blank Maciunas map letterhead and envelopes, Fred Truck letterhead, Bill Gaglione postcards, stamps with Brown's image and misc. blank postcards. See also Box 63.
box 108, folder 10-17

Notes

Scope and Content Note

Primarily notepads and cards regarding the collection; ca. .25 lin. ft.
box 108, folder 18-20

Bibliographies

Scope and Content Note

J. Brown Collection, Motherwell's Dada Painters and Poets annotated by Brown. Also, Sackner Archive A-L.
box 109-110

Index cards

Scope and Content Note

Card catalog filed alphabetically by author, and card catalog of books and objects filed randomly.
box 111

"My Green Box"

Scope and Content Note

Formerly housed Duchamp and Huelsenbeck letters.
 

Series VI. Art objects, 1958-1986, undated

Physical Description: Nearly 500 items (ca. 135 boxes and 33 oversize boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Series contains Jean Brown's collection of original art and art multiples by artists involved with the Fluxus movement and others working contemporaneously. Many of the items are small-scale and ephemeral, reflecting the Fluxus spirit of mass-produced or home-made inexpensive art. Some are one-of-a-kind pieces created especially for Brown. Artists well represented include: Joseph Beuys, George Brecht, Amelia Etlinger, Robert Filliou, Ken Friedman, Per Kirkeby, Milan Knížák, George Maciunas, Maurizio Nannucci, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Nam June Paik, Steve Random, Dieter Roth, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, and Robert Watts.
Note that other artworks (e.g. posters, prints, drawings, mail art, poetry, and scores) appear in Series I. Artists' files.
 

Part 1 (Acconci-Ay-O)

box 112

Acconci, Vito

Then It Was Set Down There (and)...

Scope and Content Note

Then It Was Set Down There (and)...
s.l. : s.n., undated
Transparent plastic square with embossed writing: "Then it was set down there (and)/ then and there (and) there it was /(and) you have it (and) here/ it is (and) it is set (and) one / down (and) there is none now (end) / Vito Hannibal Acconci."
Part of a larger project for which Les Levine solicited texts from other artists.
Dimensions: 32 x 32 cm
box 112

Albrecht, Dietrich (aka Albrecht D)

Ordnung

Scope and Content Note

Ordnung
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1969
Clear plastic egg carton through which may be seen an envelope containing instructions on how to act against threats to democracy.
Dimensions: 9.5 x 14 x 6.5 cm
box 116

Altorjay, Gábor

Kurzschlussobjekt

Scope and Content Note

Kurzschlussobjekt
[Reimscheid, Germany] : [Vice-Versand], ca. 1969
German for: "short circuit object." Yellow cardboard box containing a black electric plug (heavy-duty, Continental standard) attached by a black cable to a small, orange plastic box with a lid, inside of which there is a small orange slip of paper printed with the words: "VICE, VERSAND, Kurzschlussobject" and signed by the artist. [A white label is attached to the outside of the orange box with pencil annotations - title, artist, etc.]
Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (box)
box 113

Anatol, et al.

Saltoarte, Bruxelles, pour écrire la liberté, 1975
Saltoarte, Bruxelles, pour écrire la liberté, 1975

Scope and Content Note

Saltoarte, Bruxelles, pour écrire la liberté, 1975
Bruxelles : Pour écrire la liberté, 1975
Red cardboard box with title in gold lettering on exterior lid, along with printed picture of an Asian man with beard standing at a table on which sits a box of Havana cigars and a beetle with red stars on its shell. On the interior lid is printed a list of participants in the original Saltoarte exhibition. Inside the box are assorted graphic works, packages and pieces of fabric, such as a blue and white checked plastic tablecloth.
Dimensions: 37 x 30 cm
 

Andersen, Eric

box 115

50 Opera

50 Opera
50 Opera

Scope and Content Note

50 Opera
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Plastic envelope with a label attached to a side printed with an image of the number 50 (apparently tiles on a wall) under which is hand-lettered: OPERA BY ERIC ANDERSEN. Inside the envelope there are 52 white cards printed with instructions, 50 of which are the same. The piece is housed inside a cardboard box with a paper label attached to the lid printed in black, white, and red with and illustrated map of Europe, featuring Amsterdam ("European Fluxshop & Mail-Orderhouse") as the hub of an air flight network marked with times to various cities through concentric mileage circles. Also enclosed with the piece is a white sheet printed with the alphabet followed by "& $123" in a bold typeface and typed words: "opus 51 by eric andersen, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU: [alphabet & etc.] jim crow."
Dimensions: 20.5 x 22.5 x 3 cm (box); ca. 13 x 16.5 cm (envelope); ca. 8 x 10.5 cm (card); 18 x 42 cm (sheet)
box 114-115

Become a Member of Eric Andersen's Random Audience I: Frequency C

Become a Member of Eric Andersen's Random Audience I: Frequency C

Scope and Content Note

Become a Member of Eric Andersen's Random Audience I: Frequency C
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1975
Box 114 contains: Wood chime on sound box (manufactured in West Germany by SONOR) with stick . A card accompanies the piece printed with a photograph of a similar chime and this text: 38.box BECOME A MEMBER OF ERIC ANDERSEN'S RANDOM AUDIENCE I. "One of 61 frequencies"-kit consisting of: 1 Chime Bar (frequency range: F - f''''), 1 ad hoc score (type-written), 1 stick, 1 box. There is an annotation in ink. Box 115 contains: the "ad hoc score" which consists of a clear plastic box enclosing three sheets printed, typed, and annotated with instructions and diagrams, accompanied by a blank sheet annotated with the title and signed by the artist.
Dimensions: 22.2 x 8.2 x 52 cm (chime box); 31 cm (stick); 31.2 x 22.5 x 6.8 cm (plastic box)
box 115

Opus Place Stamps Any Kind and Amount

Opus Place Stamps Any Kind and Amount

Scope and Content Note

Opus Place Stamps Any Kind and Amount
s.l. : s.n., undated
Dark blue slip case box embossed in gold with the title: Andersen - Opus place stamps any kind and amount. Inside there is a pull-out piece containing a stiff cardboard and stack of sheets bound together with strips of glued book cloth forming a solid slab, the top of which is printed with these instructions: "place stamps (any kind and amount) in one ver=tical line covering this text, and mail the card; don't do anything to this very nice card but mail it; place stamps (any kind and amount) in one ver=tical line covering this text, and write a ciffer [sic] after the word OPUS." A pre-printed stamp for "J. Cr. Petersen PAPIRHANDEL A/S, Genbestillings [numbered] 3A4." is attached to the bottom, right corner.
Dimensions: 31.2 x 22.5 x 3.4 cm (case box); 29.5 x 20.8 x 1.5 cm (pull-out piece)
box 116

Arman

Full-Up

Scope and Content Note

Full-Up
s.l. : s.n., 1960
Tin container (commonly used for sardines) labeled with gold foil: the top printed with decorative designs and the words "ARMAN, 'FULL-UP', OUVRIR AVANT LE 25 OCTOBRE 1960, IRIS CLERT, PARIS, FRANCE"; the sides with "Bande de Garantie," TIRAGE 'SPÉCIAL' NUMÉROTÉ DE 1 A 500." Numbered and signed by the artist on the side.
Dimensions: 10.5 x 6 x 2.8 cm
box 285*

Arp, Jean

Forms Ordered According to Chance

Scope and Content Note

Forms Ordered According to Chance
Cologne : Edition MAT / Galerie del Spiegel, 1964 73/100
See also Gerstner, Man Ray, Soto, and Talman files.
 

Ay-O

box 286*

Ay-O

Finger Box

Scope and Content Note

Finger Box
s.l. : s.n., 1964
Wooden box with sixteen holes. With alarm inside: a wood and metal construction, spray painted black in places, employing a telegraph-like mechanism, a common desk bell, wires, and two small batteries, connected into a deceptive arrangement.
Dimensions: ca. 13.5 x 8.5 x 12 cm (box)
Note: letter from G. Maciunas to Jean Brown extensively describes the 16 holes and titles in "Ayo's fingerhole set." Also There is slight damage to the alarm's wood lever, and batteries may leak. Batteries stored separately in Box 286*.
box 117

Ay-O

Tactile Box

Scope and Content Note

Tactile Box
New York : Fluxus, 1963
Cardboard box painted white is stenciled in black on two opposing sides with the words "Ayo / tactile no box." Stenciled in white on a black background on the other two sides are the words "Ayo / tactile box." Affixed to the top is a small piece of orange paper on which an arrow is printed in black. The arrow points to a hole in the top center of the box. The hole is covered with rubber. Through the rubber a pressing hand can feel unidentifiable contents.
Dimensions: 32 x 31 x 31 cm
Note: this copy (1) contains torn velum.
box 118

Ay-O

Tactile Box

Scope and Content Note

Tactile Box
New York : Fluxus, 1963
Cardboard box painted white is stenciled in black on two opposing sides with the words "Ayo / tactile no box." Stenciled in white on a black background on the other two sides are the words "Ayo / tactile box." Affixed to the top is a small piece of orange paper on which an arrow is printed in black. The arrow points to a hole in the top center of the box. The hole is covered with rubber. Through the rubber a pressing hand can feel unidentifiable contents.
Dimensions: 32 x 31 x 31 cm
Note: this copy (2) contains confetti.
box 119

Ay-O

Tactile Box

Scope and Content Note

Tactile Box
New York : Fluxus, 1963
Cardboard box painted white is stenciled in black on two opposing sides with the words "Ayo / tactile no box." Stenciled in white on a black background on the other two sides are the words "Ayo / tactile box." Affixed to the top is a small piece of orange paper on which an arrow is printed in black. The arrow points to a hole in the top center of the box. The hole is covered with rubber. Through the rubber a pressing hand can feel unidentifiable contents.
Dimensions: 32 x 31 x 32 cm
Note: this copy (3) contains cardboard cylinders.
box 116

Ay-O

X-56

Scope and Content Note

X-56
s.l. : s.n., 1960
Painting on burlap-covered masonite. An "x" is painted in diluted plaster from corner to corner on top of an overall coat of a resinous substance. Another "x" is drawn in thin penciled lines within the painted "x".
Inscribed (recto): Ay-o 60. Inscribed (verso): Titole X-56 Ay-O.
Dimensions: 21.4 x 23.8 cm
 

Part 2 (Bakhchanyan-Barbieri)

box 120

Bakhchanyan, Vagrich

Prince Albert

Scope and Content Note

Prince Albert
s.l. : s.n., 1975-1980
White glossy card stock folded lengthwise forming a rectangular folder, on the cover of which is attached a red metallic label with yellow lettering: "Prince Albert - crimp cut - long burning - pipe and cigarette tobacco" around an oval black and white illustration of a bearded man in a topcoat holding a cane. Red plastic labels of the artist's name, "VAGRICH BAKHCHANYAN," and dates, "1975-1980," appear at the top and bottom of the rectangle, respectively. The inside of the folder is entirely lined with tobacco, some of it scattering loose, emitting strong aroma when unfolded.
Dimensions: 37.2 x 23.2 cm (folded)
 

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona)

box 122

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona)

Fresh Trappings from the Studio
Fresh Trappings from the Studio

Scope and Content Note

Fresh Trappings from the Studio
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Cardboard mailer box, taped and decorated with rubber stampings in red ink and labels (from Zona, Greenfield, MA, to Jean Brown, Tyringham, MA), containing three plastic capsules and a small notebook page with this manuscript notation: "FRESH TRAPPINGS FROM THE STUDIO, 7:39:02 7/19/83, 3 CAPSULES." The capsules contain various disposable wood and paper scraps.
Dimensions: 8 x 18 x 7 cm
box 121

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona)

Nebulist T-Square or Metrick Slide-Rrule

Scope and Content Note

Nebulist T-Square or Metrick Slide-Rrule
s.l. : s.n., 1982
Wooden t-square with its head inverted, annotated in ink: "Nebulist t-square or metrick slide-rrule" [sic] and along the perimeter of the blade: "Designed by Bernard Banville - c. July 24 1982/9-17-03 p.m. neb-u-lize
neb-ye-liz\vt [nebule] :to reduce to a fine spray - neb-u-liz-er n atom blanc/fixe catalogue detach element fish gas histology indigo journal kinetic law magnet nature object pleiades question radioactivity saturn throttle uncage vernier wandering xylotomy yellowish zygote - choose your own title."
Dimensions: 30.2 x 33.5 cm
box 122

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona)

'Ultra' Light Tip of the Archives Iceberg

Scope and Content Note

"Ultra" Light Tip of the Archives Iceberg
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1982
Vinyl plastic pencil holder (commonly used in school notebooks) containing a "packing list" and two items: a prescription medication belonging to the artist (suppository), and a small bottle enclosing a wood match. The whole item is labeled and appears to have been mailed to Jean Brown, Tyringham, MA. With photograph dated 1983.
Dimensions: 15 x 23.5 cm
box 122

Banville, Bernard (aka Zona)

Wordgame #1

Scope and Content Note

Wordgame #1
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Paper mailer decorated with rubber stamped messages and illustrations in red, purple, and blue, with a packing slip and appropriate stamps for mailing to Jean Brown, Tyringham, MA. The mailer contains an envelope with instructions for playing a word game ("HOW MANY WORDS CAN YOU GET OUT OF JEAN BROWN?" and a set of "NINE WOODEN DISKS WITH CARRYING CASE."
Dimensions: ca. 19 x 30 cm
box 116

Barbieri, Nino

Frühstücksstück
Frühstücksstück

Scope and Content Note

Frühstücksstück
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1969
Wooden block with black and white photographs of an egg affixed to all six sides. Repository's copy is signed, dated and numbered 94 by the artist in green ink on the bottom.
Dimensions: 5.4 x 5.4 x 7.7 cm
 

Part 3 (Baruchello-Berreur)

 

Baruchello, Gianfranco

box 116

Baruchello, Gianfranco

[Printed drawing on scroll]

Scope and Content Note

[Printed drawing on scroll]
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Rolled, plastic sheet printed with a series of egg-like images, figures, objects, and annotations, and the words: "BARUCHELLO, STUDIO D'ARTE, CONDOTTI 85, VENERDI 21 FEBBRAIO 1969." The piece is encased in a cylindrical cardboard box. [There is a slight tear near the artist's name.]
Dimensions: 20 x 68 cm
box 116

Baruchello, Gianfranco

Wipe Your Hand Across Your Mouth, and Laugh
Wipe Your Hand Across Your Mouth, and Laugh

Scope and Content Note

Wipe Your Hand Across Your Mouth, and Laugh
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Acrylic and ink on canvas depicting series of connected and unconnected shapes (wedges, flowers, time pieces, etc.), accompanied by annotations, all floating over a white space. Titled, signed, and dated by the artist on the verso. A small manuscript note to two people invoking T. S. Eliot accompanies the piece, signed and dated by the artist: "NY 2.26.1966."
Dimensions: 22.7 x 30.3 cm
box 123

Bayrle, Thomas

Zwangsjacke: Deutsche Charakterfaser

Scope and Content Note

Zwangsjacke: Deutsche Charakterfaser
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, ca. 1969
White, folded, man's dress shirt in a clear plastic wrapper. Through wrapper may be seen a red cardboard band running around the shirt, holding folds in place. On band is printed in white the title of the piece; the artist's signature is in marker pen.
Dimensions: 37.5 x 29 cm
box 116

Beau Geste Press

[Matchbox]

Scope and Content Note

[Matchbox]
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1972-1973
Large-sized safety matches box (SHIP HOUSEHOLD brand, manufactured by J. John Masters and Company Limited, London) containing a small card printed with a dictionary definition of the English word "match" with a wood match attached to it, along with three smaller matchboxes, each covered with individual printed designs on the recto, and "BEAU GESTE 1972" on the verso, and each containing various items.
Possibly part of the Fluxshoe exhibit.
Dimensions: 7 x 12 x 3.4 cm
box 116

Bellucci, Toni

Carved Glyphs on Two Halves of a Tree Branch

Scope and Content Note

Carved Glyphs on Two Halves of a Tree Branch
s.l. : s.n., 1979
Wood branch piece slit lengthwise and carved on the two facing halves with wedge shaped (cuneiform-like) designs, suggesting a primitive book.
Dimensions: 13 x 3.3 cm (as one piece)
box 126

Bentivoglio, Mirella

Piove

Scope and Content Note

Piove
s.l. : s.n., undated
Two clear plastic sheets, one of which has been printed with two alternating rows of the word "piove," repeated seven and six times on each respectively, followed by quotation (ditto) marks below each word, creating a total of 13 columns of marks that cascade down from each word to the base. The artist's last name is hand-etched on the bottom right of the same piece. The second piece is clear. The two pieces fit snuggly into a clear plastic base that holds them up like a plaque.
Dimensions: 33 x .3 x 18 cm (plastic sheet); 3.4 x 3.5 x 19 cm (plastic base); 35.6 x 19 cm (entire object)
box 122

Berge, Roland van den

Our Friendly Boomerang

Scope and Content Note

Our Friendly Boomerang
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Two sets of playing cards in a plastic box printed with the familiar suits (hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades) on the recto over which have been imposed blue silhouette images of bomb-like objects. The versos of one set show black-and-white photographs of artistic events employing the same bomb-like images (e.g. one features Picasso's Guernica as a background). Three of the cards describe the artistic events and provide some further explanations. The second set is wrapped in plastic and appears to be blank on the verso.
Dimensions: 9.3 x 2 x 12.3 cm (boxed)
box 122

Berner, Jeff

Fluxbook
Fluxbook

Scope and Content Note

Fluxbook
s.l. : s.n., 1967
Plastic box with a paper label attached to the top featuring a line drawing of a child reading a large book entitled: "FLUXBOOK BY JEFF BERNER." The inside has been lined with two back-to-back pages from the Bible (St. John 4,5, and 11 respectively) that are fixed to the box by a thin layer of amber resin.
Dimensions: 9 x 1 x 12 cm
box 122

Berreur, Edouard

Ballet Signal: Roman Hypergrafik

Scope and Content Note

Ballet Signal: Roman Hypergrafik
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Clay cylinder around which is rolled a tan paper scroll printed with decorated geometric stick figures and other repeating forms in red, terracotta, yellowish orange, and black, and occasionally typed with French notations, annotated, and stamped with rubber stamps of letters from the alphabet.
Dimensions: ca. 12.5 x 6.5 cm (rolled)
 

Part 4 (Beuys-Bradshaw)

 

Beuys, Joseph

box 124

Beuys, Joseph

Enterprise
Enterprise

Scope and Content Note

Enterprise
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1973
Zinc box with label affixed to exterior front that reads, "Joseph Beuys / Enterprise, 18.11.72, 18:5:16 Urh / Photo Michael Ruetz / Auflage 24 Stuck Nr. 13 / Edition Hundertmark." On interior bottom of box is glued a small vintage camera; a round piece of felt covers the camera lens. On interior lid is glued a photo of Beuys and his family watching the original Star Trek television series.
Dimensions: 40 x 30 x 15.5 cm
box 126

Beuys, Joseph

Intuition
Intuition

Scope and Content Note

Intuition
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1968
Wooden box with two horizontal lines drawn in pencil across the upper one-third of the box interior. The word "Intuition" is written in cursive above the lines. Verso signed and dated "Beuys 68." Label on verso reads, "Early Beuys Multiple 1968/ Vice-Versand editions."
Dimensions: 30 x 21 x 6 cm
box 122

Beuys, Joseph

Holzpostkarte

Scope and Content Note

Holzpostkarte
Heidelberg, Germany : Edition Staeck, 1974
2 copies; Joseph Beuys multiples, no. 99
Wood block with postcard markings printed on the recto: "Joseph Beuys, holzpostkarte, copy. + vertrieb: edition staeck 69 heidelberg 1, postkarte," signed in pencil by the artist on the verso.
Dimensions: 10.2 x 3.2 x 14.7 cm
box 122

Beuys, Joseph

Honey is Flowing in All Directions

Scope and Content Note

Honey is Flowing in All Directions
Heidelberg, Germany : Edition Staeck, 1974
Joseph Beuys multiples, no. 100
Silkscreen on a postcard made of yellow polyvinyl chloride. The following words are written in cursive on the recto: "Honey is flowing in all directions."
Dimensions: 10.5 x 15 cm
box 122

Beuys, Joseph

Magnetische Postkarte

Scope and Content Note

Magnetische Postkarte
Heidelberg, Germany : Edition Staeck, 1975
Joseph Beuys multiples, no. 138
Cardboard box with title of work and publisher printed on top. Inside is iron sheet embossed with the words "Magnetischer abfall" with magnetised "haupstrom" disk attached to it. Signed by the artist on recto.
Dimensions: 10.5 x 14.8 cm
box 122

Beuys, Joseph

Noiseless Blackboard Eraser

Scope and Content Note

Noiseless Blackboard Eraser
New York : Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, 1974
Joseph Beuys multiples, no. 93
Felt blackboard raser [sic] with printed manufacturer's label adhered to the back. The title of the piece is stamped on top of label, signed by the artist. Issued in an edition of 550.
Dimensions: 5 x 13 x 2.5 cm
box 287*

Beuys, Joseph

So kann die Parteiendiktatur überwunden werden (How the Dictatorship of the Parties Can Be Overcome)

Scope and Content Note

So kann die Parteiendiktatur überwunden werden (How the Dictatorship of the Parties Can Be Overcome)
s.l. : s.n., 1971
Joseph Beuys multiples, no. 39
box 125

Böhmler, Claus

Kunstlichtbildbox
Kunstlichtbildbox
Kunstlichtbildbox

Scope and Content Note

Kunstlichtbildbox
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1974
Pasteboard box with slip of paper affixed to box lid on which is printed the title, imprint, series, and date, though the date (1973) differs from the publication date of piece. Inside is placket of enlarging paper (Revue BS 1 "W"), a flashlight in its cardboard box (Daimon Focus), two electric batteries (Daimon Baby 1, 5 V No. 257), a pocket mirror, instructions for three photo projects (one folded sheet stapled into a folder), and one photoprint as example. Version of instruction sheet is signed and dated in pencil: "Böhmler 74." Stamped in purple ink is the following: "Arbeitsblatt 35 für Licht-u. Ton-Bildner vo Böhmler ("35" in pencil).
Dimensions: 44.5 x 34 x 9 cm
box 127

Bradshaw, Dove

(A)Muse: Homage to William Anastasi

Scope and Content Note

(A)Muse: Homage to William Anastasi
s.l. : s.n., 1979
Black leatherette case containing a pair of old, wire-rimmed spectacles that have been modified with the addition of black and white photographs, fixed behind the lenses, depicting the wire sidepieces that fall normally behind the lenses when folded. The backs of these photographs are labeled with the typed words: "A MUSE, Dove Bradshaw, Homage to William Anastasi; photographs, glasses, 1979, 2023," respectively.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 16 x 2 cm (case)
 

Part 5 (Brecht)

 

Brecht, George

box 127

Brecht, George

Ball Puzzle
Ball Puzzle

Scope and Content Note

Ball Puzzle
New York : Fluxus, 1965
Plastic box with exterior label covering the top. Printed in a variety of fonts is the following: "Games and puzzles by George Brecht / Fluxus CL." The box contains a metal ball and the following score: "Ball puzzle / Observe the ball rolling uphill."
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 3 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Bead Puzzle

Scope and Content Note

Bead Puzzle
New York : Fluxus, 1965
Unlabelled wooden box containing wooden, cork, and rubber beads on a string, and a piece of paper on which is written the following score: "Bead puzzle / Cut cord so that beads do not separate. / Find another solution. / Repeat, beyond farthest solution. / G. Brecht."
Dimensions: 15.5 x 25.5 x 4 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Bead Puzzle and Inclined Plane Puzzle
Bead Puzzle and Inclined Plane Puzzle

Scope and Content Note

Bead Puzzle and Inclined Plane Puzzle
New York : Fluxus, 1965
Plastic box with exterior label covering the top. Printed in a variety of fonts is the following: "Games and puzzles by George Brecht / Fluxus CL." The box contains beads and the following two scores: "Bead puzzle / Arrange the beads so that they are the same. / Arrange the beads so that they are different." "Inclined plane puzzle / Place ball on inclined surface. / Observe the ball rolling uphill."
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 2 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Closed on Mondays: A Fluxgame

Scope and Content Note

Closed on Mondays: A Fluxgame
New York: Fluxus, 1969
Black plastic box containing adhesive material that secures the box in a permanently closed position. Adhered to the lid is a black and white photograph of five young people in front of two large double doors. The title of the piece appears as part of the graffiti on the doors: "Closed on / Mondays / a flux game / by / George / Brecht."
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 1.7 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Deck
Deck

Scope and Content Note

Deck
New York : Fluxus, 1965
White plastic box with label covering the top. Printed on the label in various fonts is the following: "DECK / by / george / BRecHT / A FLUXGAME. Inside the box are 64 playing cards. On the recto of each card is a different image (a lightbulb, a dancer, etc.) printed in black on a white background; on the verso is an image of hair printed in black and white.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 9.4 x 2.3 cm
Note: two copies, one of which lacks cards.
box 129

Brecht, George

[Framed collage/manuscript]

Scope and Content Note

[Framed collage/manuscript]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Collage on paper, encased between two pieces of glass in a silver wood frame, featuring a series of images cut from magazines (the words "BAZAR de L'AUTOMOBILE," an egg in a cup, a woman with a Brahms long playing phonograph record standing next to a bed, a knot, a brush, a crossword puzzle, stamped letters/words: "NO L?" "YOU JUST N&VER QUITE NO" and manuscript notations (e.g. "contribution to the science of penology," "department of lovely differences," "department of reflections," "Will she go to bed with her Brahms (Sam Brahms, who serves coffee and croissants at the café on the corner)," etc.), seven colored hearts.
Dimensions: 62.8 x 14.3 cm (framed)
box 127

Brecht, George

[Framed letter]

Scope and Content Note

[Framed letter]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Fragments from a full-color magazine layout depicting parts of a woman's body wearing a white bra, red panties, and hosiery around a black-and-white image of a model posing in a plain black dress. The image is overlaid with lenghty typed-written paragraphs making references such as: "McLuhan is a superficial bore . . . Dada is a Dadabore," etc., signed "George."
Dimensions: 24.6 x 24.6 cm (framed)
box 127

Brecht, George

[Framed letter/collage to Emmett Williams]

Scope and Content Note

[Framed letter/collage to Emmett Williams]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Collage on paper, encased between two pieces of glass in a silver wood frame, featuring a manuscript letter signed "George" and cutouts from newspaper comics, visible on the recto and/or verso.
Dimensions: 29.4 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
box 126

Brecht, George

Games & Puzzles: Valoche

Scope and Content Note

Games & Puzzles: Valoche
[New York?] : Fluxus, [ca. early 1970?]
Clear plastic box with exterior label on which is printed in various fonts the following: "Games & puzzles by George Brecht / Fluxus CL." Inside the box are 18 compartments in which there are 25 objects, such as a golf ball, a ping-pong ball, a marble egg, a yo-yo, dominoes, etc.
Dimensions: 22.7 x 33.3 x 5.8 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Games & Puzzles: Name Kit ('Spell Your Name')
Games & Puzzles: Name Kit ('Spell Your Name')

Scope and Content Note

Games & Puzzles: Name Kit ("Spell Your Name")
New York : Fluxus, 1965
Clear plastic box with a label covering the top. Printed on the label in various fonts is the following: "Games & Puzzles by George Brecht / fluxus CL." Box interior is divided into seven compartments containing game pieces, printing type and a score which reads as follows: "Name kit / Spell your name."
Dimensions: 10.5 x 12 x 3 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

A Question or More

Scope and Content Note

A Question or More
New York : Fluxus, [ca. 1967-70?]
Three white plastic boxes are positioned vertically with enough space between them to allow each lid to open. Box 1 has 16 loose wooden alphabet game pieces that can be arranged in any manner. Box 2 contains the same number and type of game pieces, but they are spray-painted white, causing them to adhere together. A label on the interior lid of Box 2 reads as follows: "A question or more / by George Brecht." Box 3 is empty.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.8 x 3.4 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Sonnensalz: From the Anthology of Misunderstandings

Scope and Content Note

Sonnensalz: From the Anthology of Misunderstandings
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1969
Box of brand name salt (Sonnen Salz) with a label adhered to the top; the label reads as follows: "From the anthology of misunderstandings: 31 III 69 Went today to get beer and things at A. Heyduck, Barbarossaplatz, Düsseldorf / After getting the sausages, the woman said something I didn't understand, and I answered: 'Das ist alles, glaub' ich.' This is the box she gave me. George Brecht." Bottom label has on it a German translation of the top label. Initialled by the artist in blue ink on the top label.
Dimensions: 14 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Stamp Out Stamping

Scope and Content Note

Stamp Out Stamping
s.l. : s.n., undated
Gray wood rubber stamp with a green plastic handle labeled: "STAMP OUT STAMPING." The stamp sits on a blue index card, the unlined side of which has been written in ink: "George Brecht's Stamp," both in cursive and block letters. (Note: the piece of transparent tape that holds the stamp to the card in the photograph is lacking.)
Dimensions: 7.8 x 10.7 cm
See Box 68A for inked impression of this stamp.
Box 130A

Brecht, George

This Sentence is Weightless

Scope and Content Note

This Sentence is Weightless
s.l : s.n., ca. 1960s
Twenty-four metal [steel?] letter stencils vertically joined together with key rings to form the words: "THIS SENTENCE IS WEIGHTLESS." A metal hanging weight scale accompanies the piece.
Dimensions: 237 x 7 cm
box 126

Brecht, George

Universal Machine II
Universal Machine II

Scope and Content Note

Universal Machine II
s.l. : Fluxus, 1976
Hinged wood box with a label attached to the lid featuring a line illustration of a toy box around which are printed the words: "UNIVERSAL MACHINE II 1976, COPY NO. A FLUX EDITION BY GEORGE BRECHT." Pinned to the inside of the lid is a sheet with a score of 19 instruction-like intellectual concepts written in a whimsical, albeit serious-minded way. The bottom is lined with a printed sheet containing line illustrations of many disparate objects and figures. Lying loose over this, but contained behind clear plastic, are 28 small objects: golf tee, cork, feather, nuts, light bulb, shells, spring, mirror, balls, pearl, tools, pebble, plastic and glass tubes and other objects.
Dimensions: 28.1 x 4 x 28.1 cm (box); 11 x 8.5 cm (label)
box 128

Brecht, George

Valoche 1959-1975: A Flux Travel Aid
Valoche 1959-1975: A Flux Travel Aid

Scope and Content Note

Valoche 1959-1975: A Flux Travel Aid
New York : Fluxus, ca. 1975
Wooden box with label on exterior lid that reads as follows: "Valoche 1959-1975 / A flux travel aid / by George Brecht." Box contains assorted objects, including balls, rocks, game pieces, yo-yos, and noise makers.
Dimensions: 21 x 36.7 x 10.6 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Water Yam

Scope and Content Note

Water Yam
New York : Fluxus, 1963
Cardboard box with exterior label covering the top and extending down both sides. Label reads: "Water yam / arranged by George Brecht / Fluxus no. CS." Box contains 73 scores printed on card stock of various sizes.
Dimensions: 15 x 17.3 x 4.6 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Water Yam

Scope and Content Note

Water Yam
New York : Fluxus, 1963
Wood and masonite box. Exterior label on top of box reads: "Water yam / arranged by George Brecht / Fluxus no. C." Box contains 79 scores printed on various sizes of card stock.
Dimensions: 24.3 x 22.5 x 4.7 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Water Yam
Water Yam

Scope and Content Note

Water Yam
New York : Fluxus, 1963
Wooden box with label on exterior lid that reads: "Water yam / arranged by George Brecht / Fluxus C." Box contains 91 scores printed on various sizes and colors of card stock. Cloud Scissors included.
Dimensions: 15.7 x 17.8 x 3.5 cm
box 127

Brecht, George

Water Yam

Scope and Content Note

Water Yam
Surbiton, Surrey, England : Parrot Impressions, 1972
Cardboard box with title and artist's name printed in black on exterior lid, label reads: WATER YAM / george brecht. Inside the box a paper envelope contains 99 scores printed on various sizes and colors of card stock.
Dimensions: 22.1 x 21.2 x 3.6 cm
 

Part 6 (Brus-Buczak)

box 132

Brus, Günter

Die Neue Dekadenz
Die Neue Dekadenz

Scope and Content Note

Die Neue Dekadenz
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1972
Cardboard box with three copies of a halftone color photograph mounted on exterior lid and signed and dated by the artist in colored pencils. Box contains one drawing in a wooden frame entitled "PreBluttstampter."
Dimensions: 42 x 31 x 1.2 cm
 

Buczak, Brian

box 131

Buczak, Brian

Eskimos, Indians, Arabs, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese
Eskimos, Indians, Arabs, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese

Scope and Content Note

Eskimos, Indians, Arabs, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese
s.l. : Money for Food Press, 1980
no. 15/35
Hand-made book with a glossy white card stock cover, printed on the spine in green ink with the title and artist's name. A construction of feathers, string, and trimmed paper is attached to and protrudes out from the cover. Inside the pages depict black and white line illustrations of the subjects listed by the title. Inside the cover is information denoting the printing (by The Money For Food Press) in March 1980, an edition of 200, 35 of which are bound, specially boxed, and signed by the artist. Piece is numbered and signed by the artist on the last two pages and outside box.
Dimensions: 15.5 x 13 x 13 cm (box)
box 130

Buczak, Brian

Menu for Fluxdinner

Scope and Content Note

Menu for Fluxdinner
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Small magnifying glass in an open cardboard box. The box is printed in black, white, and yellow with these words: "HI-POWER MAGNIFYING GLASS, PERFECT FOR SMALL PRINT OR EXAMINING SMALL OBJECTS..... STRONG CLEAR LENS GROUND AND POLISHED STURDY METAL FRAME HONG KONG." The magnifying lens itself contains a layer of plastic printed in small black type announcing a dinner invitation and menu. The whole piece is within an envelope (letterhead: FRIENDS OF THE CHAPPAQUA LIBRARY) with this pencil annotation: "the Menu for Fluxus dinner in Ear Inn 1983 done by John Hendrix, everybody who was invited, got such piece."
Dimensions: 14.5 x 6.5 x 1.4 cm (box)
 

Part 7 (Burg-Celender)

box 130

Burg, Sonja van der

USA-me.moi.reis-84
USA-me.moi.reis-84

Scope and Content Note

USA-me.moi.reis-84
s.l. : s.n., 1984
no. 32/70
"SENIOR SERVICE" cigarette box, painted over with colored paints that modify the original label to read "N SERVICE," overlaid with a label rubber-stamped with the words: "USA-me.moi.reis-84." The box contains a small assemblage of illustrated, photocopied papers and painted cardboard pieces recalling the events of a trip in the form of a memoir.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 8.5 x 1.7 cm
box 130

Burghardt, Ursula

Schnürbecher: Tied-Up Mug

Scope and Content Note

Schnürbecher: Tied-Up Mug
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1969
Black handled tin cup cut with a slit down one side, drilled with two rows of holes along both sides of the slit, all threaded and tied with a black shoelace. A label attached to the bottom is annotated in pencil with the title in German and English ("tied up mug"), the artist's name and numbered 29.
Dimensions: 8 x 8.5 cm
box 133-135

Cage, John and Calvin Sumsion

Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel

Scope and Content Note

Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Silkscreen on Plexiglas. Possibly Plexigram III.
box 130

Callard, Andrea

[Plastic container with printed insert]

Scope and Content Note

[Plastic container with printed insert]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Clear plastic capsule containing a fragment of an illustration of animals printed over with this text: "Urban life is a construction of the human mind - primary life force experience is frequently limited to weather, hunger, sex and weeds. Sense information is often pre-ordered by this environment." The artist's name and address is printed on the verso.
Dimensions: ca. 5 x 5 cm
box 131

Carrega, Ugo

Glass Poem

Scope and Content Note

Glass Poem
s.l. : s.n., undated
Clear pane of glass painted with small abstract forms and the words in Italian of the title in red arranged on it.
Dimensions: 17 x 17 cm
box 136

Caruso, Luciano and Emanuele Mennitti Paraito

Concerto Tattile
Concerto Tattile

Scope and Content Note

Concerto Tattile
s.l. : s.n., 1982
no. 10/30
Dark brown cardboard box with white glossy card label attached to the top, printed with this title: "LUCIANO CARUSO, E. MENNITTI PARAITO: CONCERTO TATTILE, poesia oggetto, Firenze 1981; Autoedizione, Firenze marzo 1982" and annotated "10/30." Two paper pieces inside. One is a card stock folder (34.1 x 24.6 cm) with program information printed on the cover, a sample of the invitation to the program attached to the back, and inside two black-and-white photographs and a four page printed piece entitled: "IL TATTILISMO: MANIFESTO FUTURISTA." The second is a folded piece of standard sheet music (32.4 x 23.6 cm) with annotations on the cover ("Luciano Caruso - E. Mennitti Paraito: Concerto Tattile/poesia oggetto") and pieces of masking tape, black ribbon, and a round patch of black foam rubber glued to the otherwise blank inside.
Dimensions: 36 x 3.1 x 26 cm
box 137

Castro, Lourdes

[Bedsheet with sewn nude woman]

Scope and Content Note

[Bedsheet with sewn nude woman]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Off-white fabric sheet on which a light blue thread is embroidered in a simple rope stitch, forming the outline of a life-sized, reclining nude woman. Adjacent to it is the mailer used to send the sheet from artist's home in Paris, France to "Madame Jean Brown" in Tyringham, Massachusetts, with attendant postage and customs stamps and markings (postmarked 1981).
Dimensions: ca. 281.5 x 232 cm
box 138

Cavellini, Guglielmo Achille

[Decal suit]

Scope and Content Note

[Decal suit]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Man's medium size (38-40) cotton/acrylic full-length undergarment, thoroughly covered on the outside with overlaid self-adhesive round decals (10 cm in diameter) in tri-colors green, white, and red, printed with the words: "CAVELLINI, 1914-2014: VENEZIA-PALAZZO-DUCALE/7 SETTEMBRE-27 OTTOBRE."
Dimensions: ca. 125 x 1.5 x 74 cm
 

Celender, Don

box 130

Celender, Don

Artball

Scope and Content Note

Artball
s.l. : s.n., 1971
Cardboard box with a detachable lid printed in red, white, and blue with the title: "ARTBALL, c. 1971 DON CELENDER." Box contains a set of printed cards depicting known artists mocked up as baseball players (baseball cards overlaid with photographs of artist faces) on the recto, and on the verso details or reproductions from the artists' work. Set A contains 19 cards [1 lacking?], set B contains 20 cards; 39 different images in all. Note: two copies, sets A & B.
Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 1.5 cm
box 130

Celender, Don

Artball Playing Cards

Scope and Content Note

Artball Playing Cards
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Cardboard box with a flip-top lid, printed in red, white, and blue with the title: "ARTBALL PLAYING CARDS, c. DON CELENDER '72." Box contains a set of 54 standard playing cards (all four suits plus two jokers) printed with depictions of known artists mocked up as football players (football player images overlaid with photographs of artist faces) on the recto, and on the verso a blue graphic design with the words: "Art Ball."
Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm
box 130

Celender, Don

Holy Holy Art Cards

Scope and Content Note

Holy Holy Art Cards
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1972
Cardboard box with a detachable lid printed in red and white with the title: "HOLY HOLY ART CARDS, Fancy assorted Christmas selection, c. DON CELENDER." Box contains a set of 50 printed cards depicting known artists mocked up as religious icons (votive image cards overlaid with photographs of artist faces) on the recto, and on the verso quotations touching on the intersections of art and religion. A typical quote is: "I try to create the silence of an icon. That's what I'm after: the meditative icons of the twentieth century."
Dimensions: 11 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm
 

Part 8 (Cheek-Colby)

box 130

Cheek, Chris (?)

Winding Hello

Scope and Content Note

Winding Hello
s.l. : s.n., undated
Oversized steel nail wrapped with magnetic (audio) tape and red yarn. Attached to the yarn is a small, folded white card rubber-stamped with the title of the piece. Item is contained in a Jean Brown Archive letterhead envelope.
Dimensions: 15 x 1.2 cm
box 130

Chick, John

Fluxfood
Fluxfood

Scope and Content Note

Fluxfood
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Clear plastic box with a sectioned interior the top of which has a printed label attached depicting a black and white photograph of a place setting overlaid with the words: "FLUX FOOD by JOHN CHICK." Inside the box has seven compartments, each containing samples of tree debris: acorn, seeds, fungi, bark, etc.
Dimensions: 9 x 12 x 2.7 cm
box 130

Chopin, Henri

Portrait of Franco
Portrait of Franco

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of Franco
s.l. : Edition Hundertmark, 1975
Small holly leaf signed and dated by the artist, encased inside a solid, clear plastic block. There is a label on the bottom (side) printed with the words: "Henri Chopin, "Portrait of Franco" Edition Hundertmark, signed and dated by the artist.
Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 2.4 cm
box 130

Christo

[Package]

Scope and Content Note

[Package]
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid that contains an artificial flower wrapped in plastic and string, and a small white card with the name "CHRISTO" printed on it.
Dimensions: 13 x 18 x cm (box)
box 131

Cleveland, Buster

[Color photocopy of arm with Dada tatoo]

Scope and Content Note

[Color photocopy of arm with Dada tatoo]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Framed art consisting of a photocopy in blurry, muted colors of a male forearm and hand clutching some material. The forearm has a tattoo of a red heart labeled with the word "DADA." Item is annotated with a dedication to Jean Butler, encased in a plastic sheet, and framed in a prefabricated Plexiglas frame.
Dimensions: 36 x 28.5 x 3.5 cm (framed)
box 130

Coach House Press

£1,000,000

Scope and Content Note

£1,000,000
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1977
Silver cardboard box with a flip-top lid, embossed with this text: "£1, 000, 000." Box contains two reprints on buff paper of reviews of the posthumous publication of Wyndham Lewis' Mrs. Dukes' Million (Toronto: Coach House Press, 1977, written ca. 1908).
Dimensions: 4.5 x 18 x 2 cm
box 130

Coke, Jack

Find the End: A Fluxgame
Find the End: A Fluxgame

Scope and Content Note

Find the End: A Fluxgame
s.l. : s.n., undated
White plastic box with a printed label attached to the lid depicting a black and white photograph of a tangle of rope overlaid with the words: "FIND THE END A FLUXGAME BY JACK COKE'S FARMER'S CO-OP." Inside there is a tangle of string with several ends.
Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 1.3 cm
box 131

Colby, Sas

Untitled [Letter to Christo]

Scope and Content Note

Untitled [Letter to Christo]
s.l. : s.n., 1980
Block of foam covered in black satin with words stitched in red ("Christo, Howard St., NY, 10013"), cloth labels (return address for Colby, "FIRST CLASS MAIL"), stamped with four US stamps, and tied with yellow string, the whole of which resembles a mailed letter.
Dimensions: ca. 13 x 21 x 3.5 cm
 

Part 9 (Colo-Cox)

box 130

Colo, Papo

American Apart Art

Scope and Content Note

American Apart Art
s.l. : s.n., undated
Small Manila paper envelope containing several loose kernels of corn and pepper corns. The recto of the envelope addressed to Peter Frank, The Village Voice (New York), from COLO, New York, [i.e. Papo Colo], with a cancelled stamp. The verso is rubber stamped with the words: "AMERICAN APART ART."
Dimensions: 8.8 x 16.5 cm
 

Copp, Fletcher

box 131

Copp, Fletcher

Painted Woodpile: Dispersal Piece #1

Scope and Content Note

Painted Woodpile: Dispersal Piece #1
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Wood fragment, partially painted with pink, red, yellow, green, and other primary colors, with a wire-attached label typed with these words: "PAINTED WOODPILE ACCORD, NY, Fletcher Copp 1972, Dispersal Piece #12" on the verso, a color snapshot-type photograph of a woodpile on the recto.
Dimensions: ca. 29 x 10 cm
box 131

Copp, Fletcher

Painted Woodpile: Dispersal Piece #12

Scope and Content Note

Painted Woodpile: Dispersal Piece #12
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Wood fragment, partially painted with pink and red paint, with a wire-attached label typed with these words: "PAINTED WOODPILE, Fletcher Copp, Accord 1972, Dispersal Piece #1" on the verso, a color snapshot-type photograph of a woodpile on the recto.
Dimensions: ca. 17 x 3 cm
box 131

Copp, Fletcher

Greetings from Little Italy, NYC

Scope and Content Note

Greetings from Little Italy, NYC
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Pink plastic toothbrush attached to a tube of manufactured (Products Marguerite) anchovy paste. A card label attached to it with string is inscribed: "GREETINGS FROM LITTLE ITALY, NYC, '72," on the recto, and "F. Copp [& address]" on the verso.
Dimensions: ca. 16 x 4 cm
 

Coracle Press

box 130

Coracle Press

[Plastic stick]

Scope and Content Note

[Plastic stick]
London : Coracle Press, 1980
no. 11/25
Flat ivory stick, similar to a bone-folding tool, printed on the upper part of one side with a small black illustration of a face with a hat. Item is encased in a transparent sleeve.
Dimensions: 18 x 2 cm
box 141

Coracle Press

Schaufelbagger und Muldenkipper/Painting and Sculpture late June until late August 1983

Scope and Content Note

Schaufelbagger und Muldenkipper/Painting and Sculpture late June until late August 1983
London : Coracle Press, 1983
Exhibition announcement with vivid yellow plastic toy shovel with a triangular piece of fine sand paper glued to its inside blade (providing the appearance of loose sand) to which a cardboard label is attached with string. The label is printed on both sides: "Schaufelbagger und Muldenkipper/ Painting and Sculpture, late June until late August, 1983, Coracle Press, 233 Camberwell New Road, London SE5," on the recto. The verso is printed: "New work by Ed Allington, Glynn Banks, John Bevis, John Coleman, Bill Culbert, Stephen Duncalf, Martin Fidler, Tony Hayward, Wolfgang Koethe, Colin Sackett, Richard Wentworth, /Excavator and Tipper-truck." The stamped mailer envelope from England is preserved along with the objects.
Dimensions: ca. 25.5 x 8.3 x 4.5 cm
Note: two copies.
box 130

Coracle Press / Simon Cutts

Mr. G. White, of Messrs. Green & White

Scope and Content Note

Mr. G. White, of Messrs. Green & White
London : Coracle Press, 1980s?
no. 10/36
White cardboard box with a detachable lid on which a label is attached printed in green with these words: "MR. G. WHITE, of Messers. GREEN & WHITE." Inside the box there is a block covered with white cloth on which are pinned several labels with these words stitched in green and black script lettering: "Mr. G. White, of Messrs. Green and White, the name of the wave in a sea of waves, Mr. G. White, of Messrs. Green and White, the wave of a name in a sea of names." There is a label on the bottom of the box printed with the artist's name, Coracle Press, and numbered, and signed by the artist.
Dimensions: 14.5 x 16 x 4 cm
box 130

Coracle Press / Simon Cutts

Poinsettia

Scope and Content Note

Poinsettia
London : Coracle Press, 1980s?
no. 5/36
White cardboard box with a detachable lid on which a label is attached printed in green with these words: "POINSETTIA" Inside the box there is a construction consisting of a wood frame, green and red threads tied to pins, and two cloth labels with these words stitched in green and red script lettering (respectively): "my favorite flowers" "are leaves." There is a label on the bottom of the box printed with the artist's name, Coracle Press, and numbered, and signed by the artist.
Dimensions: 16 x 14.5 x 4 cm
box 130

Corner, Philip

The Piece of Reality for Today
The Piece of Reality for Today

Scope and Content Note

The Piece of Reality for Today
s.l. : Edition Hundertmark, [1983]
no. 2/80
Cardboard box with a label attached to its lid on which is printed an illustration of a white circle on a black background, the artist's name, the title of the piece, and "Edition Hundertmark." Attached to the inside of the lid is a long, folded strip of paper with a series of annotations. There is a round mirror at the bottom of the box.
Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 3.2 cm
box 139

Cox, Ken

A Permutational Clock

Scope and Content Note

A Permutational Clock
s.l. : s.n., undated
Clock fashioned from a hexagonal piece of flat wood painted with blue and white stripes. To this is fixed a visible brass wheel mechanism for rotating three hands, each featuring two capital letters welded to either end of their respective bars (thus "A - R," "S - I," and "T - D"). Behind it a small electric motor is attached to run the mechanism. A white index card is taped to the back with this message hand-written in ink: "A PERMUTATIONAL CLOCK By Ken Cox-England WHICH SPELL ASTRID (FURNIVALS) NAME."
Dimensions: 27 x 13 x 23.4 cm
 

Part 10 (Dana-Etlinger)

box 139

Dana, Llys

Le Point d'Ironie
Le Point d'Ironie

Scope and Content Note

Le Point d'Ironie
Syke, Germany : Le Point d'Ironie, Llys Dana Prod., 1982
Pasteboard box with a punctuation mark and the number 666 stamped on the exterior lid. Stamped on the interior lid are the words, "Le point d'ironie." Inside are 83 works, mostly on paper using one of the following media: rubber stamp, photography, pen and ink, marker, photomechanical reproduction. Certain pieces incorporate one of the following items: plastic whistle, packet of sugar, Q-tip.
Dimensions: 31 x 22 cm
box 140

Davies, Hugh and John Furnival

Feely-Box

Scope and Content Note

Feely-Box
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Wood box painted in black enamel, with a framed aluminum opening featuring a layer of soft, dark gray foam slit down the middle. Exploration through the slit by hand (or eyes) reveals a number of tactile objects, textures, or other items contained inside. Accompanying the piece is an envelope containing a manuscript note reading: "'FEELY-BOX' - 1970 - joint work by John Furnival + Hugh Davies, originally part of the environmental exhibition 'Dorothy' which happened in the summer of 1970 in the Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford."
Dimensions: 30.6 x 24 x 20.8 cm
box 145

Dietman, Erik

Project

Scope and Content Note

Project
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, ca. 1969
Laminated piece of graph paper cut into the shape of an isosceles triangle. The bottom right corner of both sides is stamped "Etc*." A string attached to the top point allows it to be hung.
Dimensions: 16.6 x 22.7 cm
box 142

Dittborn, Eugenio

[The Maine question is the main question]

Scope and Content Note

[The Maine question is the main question]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Brown paper mailer envelope with a printed blown-up mug shot image of a suspect named Maria Rosa Cevedo Cordova, with information in Spanish describing her as "La Vieja, Cuca," who offers herself as a washer woman or clothes seller. Inside are four rolls of exposed 35mm photographic film on which are written in silver ink the following messages in block letters: [sic] "THE MAINE QUESTION IS THE MAIN QUESTION\ANYMORE QUESTIONS?\YES. WHICH IS THE MAIN DISTANCE? THE MAIN DISTANCE IS THE DISTANCE FROM HERE TO ETERNITY." "THE MAINE THING, A FILM BY EUGENIO DITTBORN (CHILE).\MAINE, MAINE, WHY DO YOU LEAVE ALONE? THAT IS THE MAINE QUESTION FOR ME.\ MAINE, MAINE, WHERE ARE YOU? THAT IS THE MAINE QUESTION FOR ME." "TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU MAINE? I MAINE THIS IS THE END.\SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 28/V/83.\" "ARE YOU STILL MINE? THAT IS THE MINE QUESTION FOR ME.\IF YOU ARE NOT MINE ANYMORE THEN YOU ARE NOT MAINE ANYMORE? THAT IS NOT THE MAIN QUESTION ANYMORE\WHICH IS THE MAINE QUESTION, THEN?"
Dimensions: 39.7 x 29.7 cm
 

Duchamp, Marcel

box 143

Duchamp, Marcel

Boîte-en-valise, Série C
Boîte-en-valise, Série C

Scope and Content Note

Boîte-en-valise, Série C
Paris, France : s.n., 1958
Wooden case covered in gray cloth containing 71 miniature replicas and colored reproductions of works by Duchamp. Printed labels give name of work, date, and owner of the original. It was first issued in 1941 as Box in a Valise.
Dimensions: 40 x 38 x 9 cm
box 144

Duchamp, Marcel (after)

Le mug racque

Scope and Content Note

Le mug racque
United States? : s.n., undated
A structure composed of welded and bolted metal strips; four round horizontal bands fastened to four curving vertical ribs. The three upper bands have projecting hooks for hanging items (such as cups). Title written on paper tag in black marker; statement of responsibility added to tag in black ballpoint. Tag attached to the object with string. Dimensions: 59 cm Note: purchased by Brown in a store (see her oral history in Series V).
box 145

Duchamp, Marcel (after?)

Rotorelief No. 8: Cerceaux

Scope and Content Note

Rotorelief No. 8: Cerceaux
s.l. : s.n., undated
Clear plasti circle with a piece of tan paper glued to its surface on which are printed concentric circles, and on the periphery the title of the piece: "ROTORELIEF NO. 8 - CERCEAUX - MODELE DEPOSE." This is attached to a small electric motor with a metal L-shaped brace for mounting to a stable surface.
Dimensions: 20.5 cm (diameter); ca. 18 x 11 x 7 cm (mounting)
Note: installed in Shaker Seed House ceiling by Maciunas; see Arturo Schwarz's Complete Works of Duchamp (1970), p. 330 (ill.), 499-500. Originally made by Duchamp in 1935.
 

Ehrenberg, Felipe

box 145

Ehrenberg, Felipe

Minimimeofolio

Scope and Content Note

Minimimeofolio
s.l. : s.n., 1971-1972
Hand-made cardboard box lined with black and wood-grain-simulating plastic and hinged with transparent tape. Inside are several items: hand-colored post cards, paper constructions, prints, a feminine napkin and disposable bag, wooden matches mounted on cardboard, a portfolio of printed matter, and a long paper booklet with a typewritten narrative about the circumstances surrounding the creation of the piece.
Dimensions: 34.5 x 2.3 x 21.5 cm (box); 33 x 10.1 cm (booklet)
box 145

Ehrenberg, Felipe

[Alphabet cards]

Scope and Content Note

[Alphabet cards]
s.l. : s.n., undated
no. 19/50
A set of seventy cards, hand-cut from white card stock and stenciled in black ink with the capital letters of the Spanish alphabet, each uniquely printed with its own design. The set is kept inside a dark purple cigarette-type box, signed and numbered by the artist on the recto. The letter "P" is stenciled in silver spray paint on the verso of the box.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 2.2 x 5.5 cm (box); ca. 6.5 x 5 cm (card)
 

Etlinger, Amelia

box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

[Flower, love, Jean]
[Flower, love, Jean]

Scope and Content Note

[Flower, love, Jean]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Bundled pieces of pink, yellow and orange fabric, frayed at all edges and tied with a piece of rolled orange fabric. The bundle opens to reveal a yellow cloth flower onto which are sown strings, beads, and pieces of tissue paper with these words written on them "FLOWER," "LOVE," and "JEAN." Mailer envelope kept adjacent, no postmark.
Dimensions: ca. 17 x 4 x 12 cm
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

[Dialogue of love]

Scope and Content Note

[Dialogue of love]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Construction of dried leaves and flowers, glue, beads, post card, string, green and yellow tissues, netting, button, a piece of white paper with the typed words: "A DIALOGUE OF LOVE JEAN AND AMELIA BUTTERFLY AND (hand-written) flower." Kept inside a gift box, the top of which has a piece of paper ripped off, on the tear of which these words are hand-written: "a dialogue of love."
Dimensions: 17 x 3.2 x 11.5 cm (box)
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled work]
s.l. : s.n., undated
A rag-like cloth, stained in gray and red, tied with a wide pink tinted flowered lace.
Dimensions: ca. 23 x 1 x 11.5 cm (cloth); 5 cm (lace)
[No image available.]
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Flower, love, butterfly, Jean]
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1982
Loose construction of dried leaves and flowers, paper, threads, fabric, beads, papers with hand-written words on them such as : "flower," "love," "butterfly," "Jean," and "what holds up the tree." Kept in original mailer, postmarked 1982.
Dimensions: ca. 19 x 2 x 12 cm (mailer)
[No image available.]
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Jean Brown]
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1980
Gold foil gift box with folded handwritten pieces of paper, dried flowers and leaves sprinkled over them. The top has a piece of the foil ripped off, and on that tear these letters are hand-written: "JEANBROWN." Kept in original mailer, postmarked 1980.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 2.4 x 5 cm (box)
[No image available.]
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[There's a package for you Jean Brown]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Construction of dried twigs (Puss willows) tinted pink, pink paper, green cellophane, and rubber band, placed inside a yellow gift box. The box top has a label attached with the printed message: "There's a package for you JEAN BROWN ARCHIVE from Amelia." Kept in original mailer, postmark illegible.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 2.5 x 20.7 cm (box)
[No image available.]
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[My flower]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Shallow white gift box enclosing a construction of dried flowers, papers, post card, tissue, threads, and lace.
Dimensions: 20 x 2.2 x 31 cm (box)
[No image available.]
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled work]
s.l. : s.n., postmarked 1979
Manila mailer envelope containing a construction of tied together cardboard, paper, cloth, beads, string and yarns.
Dimensions: ca. 23 x 2 x 31 cm
[No image available.]
box 146

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled work]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Collapsed cardboard box covered with flowered wrapping paper and tied with red yarn and a dried flower.
Dimensions: ca. 24 x 3 x 28 cm
[No image available.]
box 147

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Love from the sea]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Silver foil gift box taped over with metallic silver duct tape and a label attached made of paper stained with aquamarine ink on which is written: "JEAN BROWN ARCHIVE, U.S.A." with torn edges. On the tears these words are hand-written: "LOVE FROM THE SEA, AMELIA." Inside there is a bundle made of paper towel tissues and organic matter, tied with string and a small golden chain, apparently unopened.
Dimensions: ca. 16 x 5.5 x 15.5 cm (box)
[No image available.]
box 147

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Summer moves on, August 4, 1981]
s.l. : s.n., 1981
Open silver gift box inside of which there is a paper message with these words written on it: "The Summer moves on. August 4, 1981." The paper is wrapped in wax paper, tied with fabric and organic threads and weed seed stalks. The whole is nested is a bed of fabric, threads, stuffing, dried organic matter, pine needles, tissues, Christmas garland, and other soft materials, all of it topped with a folded scrap of embossed gold foil wrapping paper.
Dimensions: 15.2 x 6.5 x 15.2 cm
[No image available.]
box 147

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Tell Jean I feel her contact]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Black and gold jewel box containing a construction of wire and paper flowers, and beads, covered by a piece of scrap paper with the typed words: "TELL JEAN I FEEL HER CONTACT LOVE MIRELLAMELIA." A small envelope accompanies the box, containing a note card handwritten with the overlapping words "happy birthday jean brown."
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.8 x 5.5 cm
[No image available.]
box 147

Etlinger, Amelia

[In the new year love a flower]

Scope and Content Note

[In the new year love a flower]
s.l. : s.n., 1980
Folded white artist paper, pink and green cloth with frayed edges, and pink threads arranged and sewn in an intricate construction of ties and knots that, labeled along the bottom edge with these words: "IN THE NEW YEAR LOVE A FLOWER JEANAMELIA 1980."
Dimensions: ca. 26 x 68 cm
box 147

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

Jean Brown Archive Valentine Hearts and Flowers
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1980
Construction of folded and nested papers, cellophane, green tissues, lace, cloth, red foil hearts, organic matter, masking tape, and threads, entitled: "JEAN BROWN ARCHIVE VALENTINE HEARTS AND FLOWERS."
Dimensions: ca. 25 x 26 cm
[No image available.]
box 147

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

Song of Praise, Petal Rose As I Sing Earth
s.l. : s.n., undated
Construction nested inside a shallow cardboard box made of white and dark pink construction papers, frayed gray and red cloth, silver, white and black threads, black hairs, and organic matter. Inside the folds are words typed on silver foil pieces: "SONG OF PRAISE - PETAL ROSE AS I SING EARTH."
Dimensions: ca. 10 x 13.5 cm
[No image available.]
box 148

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled work]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Gold, silver, and blue gift box inside of which is a glued construction of paper, plastic, frayed gold ribbon, dried flowers, rubber stamps, plastic bird figure, handwritten notes, all nestled inside dark pink tissue paper. A post card valentine addressed to Jean Brown is laid on top. Accompanying the box is an undated, typed and hand-written letter from the artist to Jean Brown referring to her own 50th birthday and thanking Jean for a gift sweater received.
Dimensions: 24.6 x 4.6 x 19 cm
[No image available.]
box 148

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Rose be as the sun]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Shallow cardboard box with cover decorated with glue, dark brown lace, cloth and wire flowers, weed stalks, paper, gold sparkles, and beads. Inside, laid in beige tissue paper, are a gift card, inscribed with the hand-written message: "the rose be as the sun," and a two-sided cardboard construction of glue, pink and mauve tinted netting, cloth and wire flowers, weed seeds, paper, organic matter, and a necklace of pearl beads, under and through which can be seen the same hand-written inscription.
Dimensions: ca. 18 x 2 x 20 cm
[No image available.]
box 148

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled work]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Thin sheet of Styrofoam wrapped in loose-weave burlap and tied with burlap threads, and a piece of gold plastic tape.
Dimensions: ca. 12 x 37 cm
[No image available.]
box 148

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled work]
s.l. : s.n., undated
A bundle of dark green netting containing layers of fabric, dried flowers, tissues with hand-written notes, buttons, threads, organic matter, beads, and other soft items, all stitched together along the edge with yellow cotton yarn. A vertical slit cut across the center of the bundle offers access to the layers of material inside.
Dimensions: ca. 10 x 2 x 10 cm
[No image available.]
box 148

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled work]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Construction of cardboard, bundled and nested red, purple, and gray yarns, threads, organic matter, cloth flower, ribbons, and paper, all tied together forming a loose box.
Dimensions: ca. 18 x 12 x 18 cm
[No image available.]
box 149

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[Flower, heaven, butterfly, rose, earth]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
White cardboard gift box reconstructed with brown packing tape, containing white tissue padding. On this are a folded pink and green hand-tinted white cloth with frayed edges (ca. 64 x 54 cm.) and decorated with stitching, beads, a dried flower, lace, and colored threads, featuring the printed words "flower," "heaven," "butterfly," "rose," and "earth." Also decorated with a cardboard, paper, and string construction printed with hearts, butterflies, and flowers, featuring a note from the artist to "Jean Brown Archive."
Dimensions: 38 x 3 x 24.6 cm (box)
[No image available.]
box 150

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

Sky A Blue Rose
s.l. : s.n., undated
Blue gift box from England's department store of Pittsfield, Massachusetts containing white tissue and a green nylon cord tied in knots, on which lies a "tapestry poem" entitled "Sky A Blue Rose." This consists of a yellowish white ribbed cloth with frayed edges stitched with a pattern of blue, pink, and metallic pink threads, and blue and pink netting. It is topped with a blue and pink cloth flower attached at top center with a piece of card stock featuring the words "SKY A BLUE ROSE" typed on pieces of silver foil, wrapped in a mauve sheer cloth. Accompanying the piece is a folded sheet of paper that describes and lays out the stitching plan for the cloth.
Dimensions: 24 x 5 x 38 cm (box); ca. 91 x 95 cm (cloth); 33 x 46 cm (sheet of paper)
[No image available.]
box 151

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

My Summer Rose
s.l. : s.n., 1985
Department store gift box, decorated and painted with dark pink paint enclosing a construction titled "My summer rose 1985," made of a sheer flower-printed mauve cloth, threads, paper, and dried flower, wrapped around a wad of paper and organic matter, the whole of which is laid in a nest of crumpled white tissue balls. Accompanied by original mailer envelope decorated with gold paint and red stained netting.
Dimensions: 37.5 x 2 x 23.5 cm (box)
[No image available.]
box 288*-289*

Etlinger, Amelia

Scope and Content Note

[3 works in 2 boxes]
[Images not available.]
 

Part 11 (Ewald-Filliou)

box 152

Ewald, J.

[Painted phonograph record]
[Painted phonograph record]

Scope and Content Note

[Painted phonograph record]
s.l. : s.n., undated
no. 7/20
Long-playing phonograph record painted over in white enamel, enclosed inside a cardboard jacket painted over in black enamel, with metallic and wire triangles attached to each side, signed by the artist.
Dimensions: 31.5 x 31.5 cm (jacket); 30 cm (record)
 

Filliou, Robert

box 154

Filliou, Robert

Ample Food for Stupid Thought
Ample Food for Stupid Thought

Scope and Content Note

Ample Food for Stupid Thought
New York : Something Else Press, Inc., 1965
Wooden box with lid designed to slide out. Title of piece and artist's name printed on lid. Inside box are 93 postcards with banal questions printed on them, such as, "Why did you do that?" "Was it a dream you had, or a vision?" "What if Lenin hadn't lived?" "What do you laugh at?"
Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.8 cm
Two copies, one without wooden box.
box 154

Filliou, Robert

Boite optimiste n. 2 - Vive le mariage (Optimistic Box no. 2)

Scope and Content Note

Boîte optimiste n°2 - Vive le mariage (Optimistic Box no. 2)
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1968
Wood and metal box with label on exterior lid. Label reads: "Boite optimiste no. 2 / Vive le mariage, à trois." Inside is a black-and-white photograph of ménage à trois involving two men and one woman.
Dimensions: 9 x 12 x 2.8 cm
box 154

Filliou, Robert

Fluxdust

Scope and Content Note

Fluxdust
New York : Fluxus, 1966
Box of transparent plastic with label on exterior lid. Printed on the label is a decorative wreath containing seven coats-of-arms surmounted by a crown, which forms a frame for the following words printed in script: "Fluxdust collected by Robert Filliou." Box contains dust (missing).
Dimensions: 12 x 10 x 1 cm
box 156-157

Filliou, Robert

The Frozen Exhibition

Scope and Content Note

The Frozen Exhibition
Remscheid, Germany : VICE-Verlag, Oct 1962-Oct 1972
Forty-five small graphics contained in a portfolio shaped like a two-dimensional bowler hat and placed inside a plastic bag and frozen for ten years, then defrosted and opened. Description of exhibition by artist on container verso.
Dimensions: 27 x 30 cm
Two copies.
box 153

Filliou, Robert

Galerie Legitime

Scope and Content Note

Galerie Legitime
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1962-1963
An assemblage of seven small objects: one black beret, two orange boxes containing two French francs, one small round plastic box containing a crumpled sheet of paper on which is typewritten the history of the piece followed by the artist's signature, one white box "Hommage a Rimbaud," containing colored vowels, one white envelope with fake postage stamp, one white envelope with coupage made from leaves of a journal that have been stapled together and cut in the shape of a face.
Dimensions: each piece 26.5 cm in diameter or smaller
box 153

Filliou, Robert

Hand Show
Hand Show

Scope and Content Note

Hand Show
Villingen, Germany : SABA-Studio, 1967
Wooden box with plexiglass cover containing 25 photographs of a hand.
Dimensions: 29 x 29 cm
box 153

Filliou, Robert

Je disais à Marianne (I was Telling Marriane)

Scope and Content Note

Je disais à Marianne (I Was Telling Marriane)
Cologne, Germany : Herausgegeben von Karl Gerstner und Daniel Spoerri, 1965
Edition MAT MOT no. 2; 66/250
Clamshell box of pasteboard covered in black plastic has slip of paper mounted on spine listing author, title and series. The box interior is divided into 6 compartments, each containing 16 cards. Each card is printed with a woodcut image in black on one side and a brief letterpress text in French, German, and English on the other.
Dimensions: 28 x 28 cm
box 154

Filliou, Robert

Je meurs trop
Je meurs trop

Scope and Content Note

Je meurs trop
s.l. : s.n., 1977
no. 15/50
Construction brick with two labels attached.
Dimensions: 22 x 3 x 11 cm
box 158

Filliou, Robert

Joker

Scope and Content Note

Joker
s.l. : [Edition Galerie art intermedia, 1969]
Card stock cropped and printed as an ordinary playing card with, (on the recto) a red, black, and gold joker, and (on the verso) an ace of spades. Piece is numbered (37) and signed in blue ink on one corner. The card is contained in a plastic envelope marked with these manuscript notes: "who wants to know what I am and what others take me for" and "From Robert Filliou (as I am and as people take me for)."
Dimensions: 18 x 11.5 cm (card); 32.5 x 23.3 cm (envelope)
Note: possibly part of Künstlerpost portfolio from Edition Galerie art intermedia, featuring eight different artists, including Beuys, Brecht, Vostell, and Nierhoff. See also Vostell's files.
box 159

Filliou, Robert

Leeds: A New Card Game

Scope and Content Note

Leeds: A New Card Game
Antibes, France : Arrocaria Editions, [1976]
Wooden box containing materials for playing Leeds: one "feel you" complete deck of double-sided cards; two blindfold masks; visor; green felt table cover; plastic chip rake; pair of armbands; copy of game instruction. Adhered to the interior lid is a photograph of Filliou and friends playing the game in Flayosc (Var, France) on Feb 21, 1976. The world premier of this card game took place at Leeds College of Art on Jun 26, 1969.
Dimensions: 32.8 x 37 x 6.7 cm
box 154

Filliou, Robert

A Most Curious Invention of the Gaga Yogi
A Most Curious Invention of the Gaga Yogi

Scope and Content Note

A Most Curious Invention of the Gaga Yogi
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1970/1976 no. 3/100
Wooden box with a clear plastic box glued to the exterior lid. The plastic box contains one nail. The wooden box contains a lot of nails. The title is written by hand on the label of the interior lid. Dated "1970/76" on the bottom of the box.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 11.3 x 6.8 cm
box 154

Filliou, Robert

Optimistic Box no. 1, Thank God For Modern Weapons
Optimistic Box no. 1, Thank God For Modern Weapons

Scope and Content Note

Optimistic Box no. 1, Thank God For Modern Weapons
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1968
Square wooden box with labels adhered to the exterior lid and interior lid. Exterior label reads: "Optimistic Box no. 1/ Thank god for modern weapons." Interior label reads: "We don't throw weapons at each other any more./ Robert Filliou." Inside the box is a stone.
Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 11 cm
Note: stone is missing.
box 154

Filliou, Robert

Optimistic Box no. 3, So Much the Better If You Can't Play Chess
Optimistic Box no. 3, So Much the Better If You Can't Play Chess

Scope and Content Note

Optimistic box no. 3, So Much the Better If You Can't Play Chess
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1968
A wooden empty chess board that folds into a box. There are labels on exterior and interior lid. Exterior label reads: "Optimistic Box no. 3/ So much the better if you can't play chess." Interior label reads: "You won't imitate Marcel Duchamp./ Robert Filliou."
Dimensions: 3 x 12 x 6 cm
box 153

Filliou, Robert

Research on the Origin

Scope and Content Note

Research on the Origin
Düsseldorf, Germany : Städtische Kunsthalle, 1974
One scroll with illustration and small booklet. Writing in English, French and German.
Dimensions: 30 x 7 cm
box 154

Filliou, Robert

A World of False Fingerprints

Scope and Content Note

A World of False Fingerprints
s.l. : s.n., 1975
no. 93/98
Wooden box without a lid, on the inside bottom of which there is a purple fingerprint and a rubber stamp illustration of a man. A pencil notation on the top and bottom edges titles the piece with the words: "a world of false fingerprints," and "Stravinsky's . . ." A plastic pill bottle with light green Styrofoam disks resembling pills is laid inside.
Dimensions: 16.5 x 4.5 x 16.4 cm
Note: poster, certificate and announcement housed in Box 155 from "Stravinsky's" fingerprint in wooden box.
box 155

Filliou, Robert

A World of False Fingerprints: companion pieces
A World of False Fingerprints: companion pieces

Scope and Content Note

A World of False Fingerprints: companion pieces
s.l. : s.n., 1975
Paper items accompanying art piece A World of False Fingerprints : The poster is a printed grid of lines forming 100 squares, each framing a fingerprint and the printed name of a famous person, arranged alphabetically. The certificate is a plain photocopied sheet of paper with a brief explanation of the piece and several named fingerprints. The announcement is a small piece of card stock with the title, artist's name, date ("Januar + Februar 1975"), and gallery name.
Dimensions: 42.2 x 42.5 cm (poster); 29.5 x 21 cm (sheet); 14.7 x 10.4 cm (card stock)
Note: see also Box 154.
box 154

Filliou, Robert (with Daniel Spoerri and Ronald Topor)

Monsters are Inoffensive

Scope and Content Note

Monsters are Inoffensive
New York : Fluxus, Division of Implosions, Inc., 1967
22 postcards housed in clear plastic box.
Dimensions: 16 x 11 cm
Partial set; Fluxus codex, p. 246. See also Series I for Filliou file with many loose postcards.
box 154

Filliou, Robert (with Emmett Williams)

Au Comptoir

Scope and Content Note

Au Comptoir
s.l. : s.n., 1971
White cotton and rayon table napkin embossed with a flower pattern, printed in black ink with a message explaining the circumstances surrounding the invention of the "SPAGHETTI SANDWICH" "prepared and certified by the co-inventors for the patrons of EAT ART," signed by the authors.
Dimensions: 37.5 x 37.5 cm
 

Part 12 (Fine)

box 154

Fine, Albert M.

Piece for Fluxorchestra
Piece for Fluxorchestra

Scope and Content Note

Piece for Fluxorchestra
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Plastic box with a transparent lid and a black bottom. Exterior label on lid is a printed theater schematic. Piece's title and artist's name are embedded in the schematic. Inside the box are instructions for 24 performers.
Dimensions: 12 x 10 x 1.3 cm
 

Part 13 (Finlay-Foreman)

 

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

box 291*

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Au Pair Girl
Au Pair Girl
Au Pair Girl
Au Pair Girl

Scope and Content Note

Au Pair Girl
s.l. : s.n., 1968
One object and three prints of the Au Pair Girl series.
box 164

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Earthship
Earthship

Scope and Content Note

Earthship
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Light brown cardboard box with a detachable lid printed with a dark brown design (depictions of the contents) and these words: "earthship, ian hamilton finlay, with hawthorn press, box designed by allistair cant." Inside there is a construction of stiff white paper pieces printed with a series of words along the bottom edge and stapled together in inverted arcs to forming organic curved shapes.
Dimensions: 20.5 x 31 x 11 cm (box); ca. 10 cm (paper pieces) Note: see Mary Ellen Solt's Concrete Poetry (1970), p. 206.
box 160, 161-163

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Homage à Malevich
Homage à Malevich

Scope and Content Note

Homage à Malevich
Corsham, Wiltshire : Openings Press, 1968
Poem which consists of repetitions of the following phrase: "lackblockblackb." This is one of a series of projects based on the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay as interpreted by students of the Bath Academy of Art. This one was interpreted by Angela Wellard. Finlay's original version of this poem appeared in his book Rapel, 10 fauve and suprematist poems. Dimensions: 32 x 32 x 6 cm or smaller
Note: four copies, one of which is a print on paper and the others are prints on plexi.
box 164

Finlay, Ian Hamilton (?)

[Twelve text-tiles]

Scope and Content Note

[Twelve text-tiles]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Set of twelve ceramic tile-like pieces, embossed with names of herbs and other vegetations of the garden, glazed in rough earth tones.
Dimensions: ca. 11 x 11 cm (tile)
box 165

Fischer, Hervé (ed.)

Art et communication marginale: Tampons d'artistes
Art et communication marginale: Tampons d'artistes

Scope and Content Note

Art et communication marginale: Tampons d'artistes
s.l. : s.n., 1974
Red cloth-covered box housing a set of two black cloth-covered boxes, each containing a large variety of prints, printed and annotated paper pieces by various artists.
Dimensions: 41.5 x 16.4 x 30.5 cm (outside box); 40.5 x 7.5 x 30.2 cm (inside box) Note: book in library with same title.
 

Fluxus Editions

box 167

Fluxus Edition

Flux Year Box 2
Flux Year Box 2

Scope and Content Note

Flux Year Box 2
s.l. : Fluxus, 1966
Wooden box with title printed in various fonts on lid. Inside wooden sections holding various printed items, paper and other objects, a plastic gadget for viewing several 8mm film loops, card sets, and a book of wooden matches with this message printed on the box: "use these matchs [sic] to destroy all art - museums art library's - ready - mades pop . . ." (etc.).
Dimensions: 20.4 x 20.4 x 8.5 cm
box 166

Fluxus Edition

Fluxkit
Fluxkit

Scope and Content Note

Fluxkit
New York : Fluxus, 1965
Suitcase, labeled "Flux-kit" on the exterior lid. It contains an anthology of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional Fluxus pieces by various Fluxus artists. Designed by George Maciunas in 1964, this work was reproduced many times by other Fluxus artists in the subsequent years.
Dimensions: 30.3 x 44.5 x 12.5 cm
Box 167-167A

Fluxus Edition

Fluxus 1
Fluxus 1

Scope and Content Note

Fluxus 1
New York : Fluxus, 1962-1964
Wooden box, open on one end and stamped "From Dherbey, France," containing 1 volume of ca. 90 graphic works by various Fluxus artists. Edited and assembled by George Maciunas, ca. 1962-1964.
Dimensions: 21.5 x 5.7 x 24.1 cm (box); 19 x 21 cm (graphic works) Note: two versions.
box 167

Foreman, Richard

Dr. Selavy's Magic Theatre

Scope and Content Note

Dr. Selavy's Magic Theatre
s.l. : s.n., undated
A man's medium dark brown cotton t-shirt (made by B.V.D.) with a white printed design on the chest depicting an imaginary mechanical contraption, entitled "DR. SELAVY'S MAGIC THEATRE."
Dimensions: ca. 66 x 75 cm
 

Part 14 (Frank-Friedman)

box 169

Frank, Peter and Jack Ox [Janet Milstein Cox]

Neo-Fluxus objet acheté
Neo-Fluxus objet acheté

Scope and Content Note

Neo-Fluxus objet acheté
s.l. : s.n., undated
Rectangular wooden box with a sliding lid to which a label has been attached featuring the message: "Instructions: Put foot in mouth/Anonymous, XX cent./coll: Jean Brown Archive (at least until instructions followed) / from Peter & Jack." Inside there is a chocolate candy bar wrapped in plastic and labeled "Kron Chocolatier, New York." The box is wrapped in a red plastic bag and tin foil.
Dimensions: 6.3 x 3.3 x 33.2 cm
 

Friedman, Ken

box 167

Friedman, Ken

Cleanliness Flux Kit
Cleanliness Flux Kit

Scope and Content Note

Cleanliness Flux Kit
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Clear plastic box with a sectioned interior the top of which has a printed label attached with the title of the piece over an illustration of a man in a box. The box has a selection of small toothbrush heads, a used toothpaste tube, a glob of toothpaste, and cotton ball.
Dimensions: 12 x 2.7 x 9.2 cm
box 167

Friedman, Ken

Cover, Protective, Individual

Scope and Content Note

Cover, Protective, Individual
s.l. : s.n., undated
Pre-packaged item sealed in a dark grayish olive green cloth cover, pre-printed in white ink with the words: "COVER, PROTECTIVE, INDIVIDUAL," stock and other numbers, and the date: 19, Sept., 1944. The back has the printed message: "NOTE: - This cover is to protect YOU against sprayed blister gasses. WHEN READY TO OPEN PULL HERE." An arrow points to a pull-tab that opens the package.
Dimensions: ca. 10.5 x 2 x 18.5 cm
box 167

Friedman, Ken

Eingepacktes

Scope and Content Note

Eingepacktes
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, 1970
Object wrapped in many layers of paper, gauze and string. On an accompanying sheet of paper is a description of how the piece should be unwrapped "a little at a time" and how the person performing this becomes "a sculptor and artist-of-the-home."
Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 14 cm
box 167

Friedman, Ken

A Flux Corsage
A Flux Corsage

Scope and Content Note

A Flux Corsage
s.l. : s.n., 1967
Clear plastic box with a printed label attached to the lid depicting the title of the piece in decorative lettering over a 19th century type illustration: a man giving a woman a flower, a small table between them. Inside the box is a small handful of seeds.
Dimensions: 12 x 1 x 9.2 cm
box 168

Friedman, Ken

Friedmanswerk
Friedmanswerk

Scope and Content Note

Friedmanswerk
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1972
Wooden box with title and publisher stencilled on exterior lid. Box contains printed ephemera and objects by Friedman and others, including a plastic tray, a drinking glass, a package of vitamin C tablets, a piece of plastic grass with text by Alison Knowles, a bag labeled "poem," and a binder with 46 graphic items.
Dimensions: 32.2 x 45.2 x 9.7 cm
box 167

Friedman, Ken

Poem

Scope and Content Note

Poem
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Common wooden ruler with a shipping label attached to it with string. The double-sided label is printed with the word "POEM" on one side and "KEN FRIEDMAN" on the other. That side is addressed to Jean Brown (Springfield, Massachusetts), and has an 8-cent Canadian stamp that has been cancelled, (postmark date illegible).
Dimensions: ca. 2.7 x .5 x 30.5 cm
box 169

Friedman, Ken

Poem

Scope and Content Note

Poem
s.l. : s.n., 1973
Wooden utensil spoon with a shipping label attached to it with string. The label is printed with the words "POEM" and "KEN FRIEDMAN" on one side. The other side is addressed to Jean Brown (Tyringham, Massachusetts), and has two 16-cent USA stamps that have been cancelled, postmark: Jun 5, 1973.
Dimensions: ca. 30 x 2.5 x 8.5 cm
box 167

Friedman, Ken

Sculpture: Futurist Wishbone

Scope and Content Note

Sculpture: Futurist Wishbone
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Reddish orange rubber strap, forming a v-shape of or like that used in "thong" rubber sandals, with a label attached to it with string. The label is printed with the words "SCULPTURE" and the written words "futurist wishbone KF72" on one side. The other side has the words "KEN FRIEDMAN" printed on it, and is addressed to Jean Brown (Tyringham, Massachusetts), and has two 8-cent USA stamps that have been cancelled (postmark date illegible). Dimensions: ca. 21 x 2 x 7 cm Note: unedited note found in record: "P. Frank has a sole."
box 169

Friedman, Ken

[Shirt in bag]
[Shirt in bag]

Scope and Content Note

[Shirt in bag]
s.l. : s.n., [1972]
Man's white cotton short-sleeve shirt with annotations in red ink on the pocket: a heart with an arrow across it and "Promise KF 72," the back is marked with "Dear Jean, I'd give you the shirt off my back" over the artist's signature. The shirt is packed into a cotton bag with a drawstring and a sewn-on label that is addressed to Jean Brown (Springfield, Massachusetts) and has two 10-cent Canadian stamps, cancelled, (postmark date illegible).
Dimensions: ca. 68 x 81 cm (shirt); ca. 10 x 10 x 21 cm (cotton bag)
box 169

Friedman, Ken

Fluxus Heart Shirt

Scope and Content Note

Fluxus Heart Shirt
s.l. : s.n., undated
Man's white polyester and cotton long-sleeve shirt with the shape of a heart cut out of the breast pocket, the inside of which is tinted pink.
Dimensions: ca. 76 x 73 cm Note: see Ubi Fluxus, p. 328.
box 167

Friedman, Ken

[Wooden spoon]

Scope and Content Note

[Wooden spoon]
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Wood spatula-type spoon with a rubber stamp imprint of the artist's name: "KEN FRIEDMAN" on the handle, addressed to Jean Brown (Springfield, Massachusetts), with a 10-cent Canadian stamp that has been cancelled, (postmark date illegible).
Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 20.7 cm
 

Part 15 (Furnival-Gappmayr)

 

Furnival, Astrid

box 290*

Furnival, Astrid

Dorothy's Banners
Dorothy's Banners

Scope and Content Note

Dorothy's Banners
s.l. : s.n., 1976 A box with a set of colorful fabric banners/flags.
Flatfile 65**

Furnival, Astrid

DUDS/ Wet & Dry/ The Flags
DUDS/ Wet & Dry/ The Flags
DUDS/ Wet & Dry/ The Flags

Scope and Content Note

DUDS/ Wet & Dry/ The Flags
Woodchester, Gloucestershire : DUDS, ca. 1978
Box with the words "DUDS/ "WET & DRY" / THE FLAGS" gold stamped on the exterior lid. The box has an interior lid of four hinged triangular sections, each gold stamped with a letter (N, S, E, or W). Inside are 4 banners of light silk with hand-rolled edges and snaps at the top edges for hanging. Each is screen printed with a word (NORTHER, SOUTHER, EASTER, WESTER). Included are four color photographs of the banners.
Dimensions: 11 x 14 x 4 cm (box); 31 x 39 cm (banner)
 

Furnival, John

box 170

Furnival, John

Dorothy's Umbrellas Dining Society (D.U.D.S.): Strange Menus in Strange Venues

Scope and Content Note

Dorothy's Umbrella's Dining Society (D.U.D.S.): Strange Menus in Strange Venues
s.l. : s.n., undated
White ceramic plate printed over in the center with a bird's-eye view image of an umbrella, in green, blue and yellow, featuring repetitions of the purple letters "D-U-D-S," and along the perimeter printed in purple with the message: "DOROTHY'S UMBRELLA'S DINING SOCIETY for failed artists (D.U.D.S) 'Strange Menus in Strange Venues.'"
Dimensions: 27 cm (diameter) Note: see also Dorothy's Umbrellas material in Furnival file, Series I.
box 309**

Furnival, John

Road Sign
Road Sign

Scope and Content Note

Road Sign
s.l. : s.n., 1969
box 310**-311**

Furnival, John

Vowel Screen

Scope and Content Note

Vowel Screen
s.l. : s.n., undated
Housed in 2 separate boxes.
box 172

Galerie im Centre

3 Almanach der Galerie im Centre
3 Almanach der Galerie im Centre
3 Almanach der Galerie im Centre

Scope and Content Note

3 Almanach der Galerie im Centre
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Cardboard box stamped with the title of the piece in red ink. Inside there is a Styrofoam encasement holding what is in essence an exhibition, comprised of 40 prints by the artists that follow:
Anderle, Bayrle, Beuermann, Buchleiter, Budewell, Cassel, Dick, Eirich, Emrich, Garcia, Glasmacher, Groh, Günther, Habben, Hinsch, Huber-Wilkoff, Jäger, Koehler, Lindemann, Löbach, Mätzig, Müller, Nöfer, Ognibeni, Remé, Reus, Rokahr, Schlamp, Singer, Sotrop, Staeck, Tafelmaier, Tuma, Ulrichs, Ullrich, Voth, Walker, Weise, Wierspecker, and Wölbing.
These are accompanied by a standard modern gallery print frame (31 x 31 cm.), and objects by Badura, Dressler, Fongi (item is broken), and Richter. There is also a bound book with text, manuscripts, images, and other printed items by Bächler, Bisinger, Böhmer, Chotjewitz, Derschau, Fichte, Herburger, Jelinek, Kofler, Krichbaum, Krüger, Lenz, Lettau, Rühm, Schmidt, Schmitz, Schnell, Schuldt, Schultz, and Vesper, an audiotape by Schuldt, and a super 8 film by Crozier and Kurth.
The box also contains an incomplete catalog describing the exhibit, along with a catalog price sheet containing a short description of the piece, and two blank postcards pre-printed with the name and address of Versand Bremer, Ostlandstr. One item described in the catalog, a long-playing album entitled "dances" by Gunter Hampel, is missing.
Dimensions: 38 x 61 x 10 cm (box), 30 x 30 cm (prints) Note: a tape recording by Arrigo Lora-Totino was found in the box, but was deemed to be unrelated to the item and is now described separately.
box 170

Gappmayr, Heinz

[-!]

Scope and Content Note

[-!]
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Wood block with a layer of white paper glued to it on the recto and verso, and painted white on the sides. The recto is printed in the center with a small rectangular horizontal bar followed by an exclamation point (thus "-!"), signed and dated on the verso, with hardware for hanging attached.
Dimensions: 15.7 x .9 x 15.5 cm
 

Part 16 (Gerlovina, Rimma and Valeriy Gerlovin)

 

Gerlovina, Rimma and Valeriy Gerlovin

box 170

Gerlovin, Valeriy

Spermatozoid

Scope and Content Note

Spermatozoid
s.l. : s.n., 1975
Wood, cardboard, and glass display case framed in black paper containing a sculptural piece made of steel screws and hardware. Below is a white label printed with the title of the work: "Spermatozoid." The back of the case is signed and dated, and has hardware for hanging attached.
Dimensions: 15.3 x 2.4 x 19 cm (case)
box 170

Gerlovin, Valeriy

Bread Insect

Scope and Content Note

Bread Insect
s.l. : s.n., 1982
Box of "OHIO BLUE TIP" safety matches with a hand-made label attached to the cover marker featuring a design and these words in black ink : "1982 Valery M. BREAD INSECT Gerlovin 1982." Inside, glued onto a swath of white paint is a spider-like insect made of a dough material.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 3.8 x 12.1 cm
box 170

Gerlovina, Rimma

Red Ball
Red Ball

Scope and Content Note

Red Ball
s.l. : s.n., 1974
Cardboard cube (apparently hollow), covered in red fabric. On two opposing sides are centered pieces of paper attached with hand-written messages: "Imagin [sic] this red sphere in a white cube. Have you? Now turn it over," and "Imagin this white cube in a red sphere. Have you? Now turn it over."
Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 8 cm
box 170

Gerlovina, Rimma

A Sphere Inside Me
A Sphere Inside Me

Scope and Content Note

A Sphere Inside Me
s.l. : s.n., 1974
Cardboard cube covered in a flower print fabric (of dark blue background, and a pattern of red, pink, and green flowers and leaves) with a hinged lid, and inside lined with glossy bright yellowish green paper. On the lid is an attached green paper label with the typewritten title: "Inside me is a sphere." The box contains a yellow cube (wood covered with paper,) on one face of which is a typewritten message: "He is a sphere - I'm a cube!"
Dimensions: 8 x 8.5 x 8 cm (large cube); 3 x 3 x 3 cm (small cube)
box 170

Gerlovina, Rimma

NaCl
NaCl

Scope and Content Note

NaCl
s.l. : s.n., 1974
Cardboard cube covered in a flower print fabric (of black background, and a pattern of white and yellow flowers) with a hinged lid, and inside lined with glossy yellow paper. On the lid is an attached white paper label with the typewritten title: "NaCl" The box contains two yellow cubes (wood covered with paper, on one face of each of which is a typewritten label: "NaOH" and "HCl," respectively.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 x 8 cm (large cube); 3 x 3 x 3 cm (small cube)
box 170

Gerlovina, Rimma

Someone Has Climbed into Me!

Scope and Content Note

Someone Has Climbed Into Me!
s.l. : s.n., 1974
Cardboard cube covered in a flower print fabric (of dark blue background, and a pattern of white clovers) with a hinged lid, and inside lined with red paper. On the lid is an attached white paper label with the typewritten title: "Someone has climbed into me!" The box contains one white cube (wood covered with paper) on one face of which is a typewritten label: "You just think that!"
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 x 8 cm (large cube); 3 x 3 x 3 cm (small cube)
box 170

Gerlovina, Rimma and Valeriy Gerlovin

A Horse in the Shape of a Worm

Scope and Content Note

A Horse in the Shape of a Worm
s.l. : s.n., 1977
Sewn black fabric sleeve with loops at each end, embroidered in light green thread with the title of the piece, written both in English and Russian: "A horse in the shape of a worm." Inside the sleeve are scattered several hidden objects, which may or may not be determined by touch. Sewn at intervals along the top edge are 21 looped pieces of white silk ribbon each printed in block letters with in both English and Russian: "NAVEL, THOUGHT, SKIN, LUNG, FAT, NOSTRIL, EXCRETION, NOSTALGIA, INTESTINE, GLANDS, KNEE, BACK, GASTRIC JUICE, THROAT, SEXUAL ORGAN, EARS, PALPITATION, PELVIS, TOE, RIBS, MOUTH."
Dimensions: ca. 4 x 190 cm; 3 cm (ribbon)
box 170

Gerlovina, Rimma and Valeriy Gerlovin

Dear Jean! We Kiss You

Scope and Content Note

Dear Jean! We Kiss You
s.l. : s.n., 1981
An English muffin or crumpet with two bites taken from it. The top is marked in red letters: "Dear Jean! WE KISS YOU Valery Rimma."
Dimensions: ca. 6.5 x 2.2 x 8 cm
box 170

Gerlovina, Rimma and Valeriy Gerlovin

Post-ПОЧТА (pochta/mail): Jean Brown issue 82

Scope and Content Note

Post-ПОЧТА (pochta/mail): Jean Brown issue 82
s.l. : s.n., [1982]
Plastic postage stamp roll dispenser inside of which there is a long strip of printed paper with repeating images, emulating postage stamps, titled with words along its frame: "THE GERLOVINS, JEAN BROWN ISSUE 82, POST - IIOYTA, 6K 6K." The small image is that of a figure seated inside a room full of wooden drawers, possibly a woman, wearing a white smock and around the face and head a round rack-like framework similar to Marcel Duchamp's Le mug racque , undated (q.v.).
Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 3 cm; 2.2 x 3.2 cm (stamp image)
 

Part 17 (Gerstner-Gosewitz)

 

Gerstner, Karl

box 292*

Gerstner, Karl

Carro 64

Scope and Content Note

Carro 64
s.l. : Edition MAT, 1964
no. 73/100 See also Arp, Man Ray, Soto and Talman files.
box 293*

Gerstner, Karl

Optik Box

Scope and Content Note

Optik Box
s.l. : Edition MAT, [1964] no. 72/120 Lightbox with a lens.
box 171

Gerstner, Karl

Drei Wünsche (Three Wishes)

Scope and Content Note

Drei Wünsche (Three Wishes)
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, ca. 1969
Four pieces of white masonite connected together by hooks. The largest piece is square with a hook screwed in at top-center. The three other pieces (square, square tilted 90 degrees, and round) hook successively onto one another from the main square. The word "res.:" is printed at the top and a dotted line is printed near the bottom of each piece.
Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm
box 174

Gerz, Jochen

Space
Space

Scope and Content Note

Space
s.l. : s.n., [1960s] From Theory of Mobile Texts Edition.
Board printed in black and white on both sides featuring a glossy image of the word "SPACE" over a large, amorphous blotch shape. There is a rivet through the top, center, as well as the artist's signature and the title of the piece in ink.
Dimensions: 31.2 x 29.3 x .3 cm
box 171

Giersbach, Marilyn

WC4 box '83 [10,000]

Scope and Content Note

WC4 box '83 [10,000]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Glossy red cardboard box with shipping labels attached, from the artist (Brooklyn, NY) to Jean Brown (Tyringham, MA) and reinforced with shipping tape, filled with items, chiefly of paper in a variety of media, stamped or marked "WC4," and numbered on the verso. Most pieces are also signed and/or addressed on the verso by their respective, individual artists. A moderate yellow printed sheet within explains: "100 artists made 100 originals each, 10,000 total, during February and March, 1983, mailed in boxes to 100 target/caretakers in an (unsolicited) mail concept exhibition. You have no obligations whatsoever."
Dimensions: 13.2 x 7 x 18.2 cm (box); 25.4 x 21.5 cm (printed sheet)
 

Giersbach, William H.

box 171

Giersbach, William H.

Pencil

Scope and Content Note

Pencil
s.l. : s.n., 1975
Black pencil shape (used pencil painted black) attached to a paper strip cut out in the shape of and painted to resemble a red pencil; creating this reversal: the pencil is a shadow/the shadow is an image of a pencil. Signed and dated by the artist on the verso.
Dimensions: 1.5 x 12.5 cm
box 173

Giersbach, William H.

Scope and Content Note

Book and Mirror
s.l. : s.n., 1975
Mirror enclosed in a hand-painted metal frame containing two typescripts of mythological/philosophical quotations about reflections, laid out inside the face of the glass surface. On the verso the artist signed, dated (1975), and dedicated the work to Jean Brown, and also provides citations for the sources of the quotes.
Dimensions: 23 x 33.4 x .8 cm
[No image available.]
box 173

Giersbach, William H.

Book and Mirror

Scope and Content Note

Book and Mirror
s.l. : s.n., 1975/1976
Hardback book opened down the middle and painted over in latex: yellow on the body and red on the cover boards and spine. The faint black outline of a hand is visible on the left page. The front board contains this title: POETICS OF SPACE / GASTON BACHELARD.
Dimensions: 21.5 x 34 x 3.5 cm
box 171

Gormley, Tom

Red File Cabinet

Scope and Content Note

Red File Cabinet
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Thin cardboard box professionally printed with the image of a three-tiered red office file cabinet on one face, inside of which is an attached socket for a small light bulb, with an attendant white electrical wire and plug.
Dimensions: 10 x 4.5 x 7.6 cm
 

Gosewitz, Ludwig

box 173

Gosewitz, Ludwig

Erinnerungen, Objekte
Erinnerungen, Objekte

Scope and Content Note

Erinnerungen, Objekte
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1974
no. 4/25
Box with title and name of publisher printed on exterior lid. Inside are 16 objects, including paper, glass, wood, metal, foam and plastic. Includes screenprinted sheet with colophon and contents.
Dimensions: 32 x 32 cm
box 173

Gosewitz, Ludwig

Marihuana

Scope and Content Note

Marihuana
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1972
no. 6/50
Transparent plastic box containing 30 slides in plastic mounts. Small label affixed to each slide with slide number printed on it. Includes folded sheet of paper printed with name of photographer, title, imprint and subject of each slide.
Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 17 cm
 

Part 18 (Grimes-Harding)

box 171

Grimes, Bob (with Greg and Paul Sharits and Dave Thompson)

Flux Paper Games: Rolls and Folds
Flux Paper Games: Rolls and Folds

Scope and Content Note

Flux Paper Games: Rolls and Folds
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Clear and blue plastic box, with a printed label attached to the lid featuring two costumed figures stretching out a banner with the title of the piece: "flux Paper Games/ Rolls And Folds/ by B. Grimes/ Greg & paul Sharits/ & dave thompson." [sic] Inside are several pieces of printed paper or plastic rolls, and card stock attributed to the artists, all dated 1966, titled "UNROLLING SCREEN PIECE," "UN ROLL," "BAG TRICK," "SOUND FOLD," "PULL/GLUE," and "PULL FOLD," along with seven yellow, red, and blue common glass marbles.
Dimensions: 13 x 18 x 5 cm
 

Groh, Klaus

box 171

Groh, Klaus

[Contructed wood face]
[Constructed wood face]

Scope and Content Note

[Constructed wood face]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Construction of wood, plastic, glue, red paint, rubber stamps, and ink, formed to resemble an abstract face, containing a yellow button (for an eye) with the word "try" written on it. The verso has an embedded metal loop for hanging and is signed by the artist in pencil.
Dimensions: 12.5 x 9 x 1.8 cm
box 171

Groh, Klaus

Mail-Art Nude
Mail-Art Nude

Scope and Content Note

Mail-Art Nude
s.l. : s.n., undated
Brown plastic frame encasing a miniature black and white photographic image of a seated nude woman adorned with a wreath of flowers around her chest, signed on the recto by the artist. The verso is titled "MAIL-ART NUDE K. Groh" over a backing printed in German and a small stamp of a flower with the words: "Einfach Schutzfolie abziehen!"
Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x .4 cm
box 173

Groh, Klaus

Scope and Content Note

[Objects in the shape of a face]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Assemblage of particleboard, pencils, bottle caps, kitchen strainer, wire, paint, and rubber stamps of two birds in flight and the word "TRY," signed by the artist on the recto and verso. Note: the particleboard is slightly cracked and bent.
Dimensions: ca. 28 x 18.5 x 2 cm
[No image available.]
box 171

Groh, Klaus

[Rubber stamped woodblock]
[Rubber stamped woodblock]

Scope and Content Note

[Rubber stamped woodblock]
s.l. : s.n., 1979
Wood block with purple rubber stamp impressions on the recto: "Büchersendung," "TRY," "WHOEVER IS CREATIVE, LIVES, © KLAUS GROH," and a cartoon character, signed in pencil by the artist. The verso is inscribed in black ink: "Special edition for Jean Brown Loves [sic] yours Klaus."
Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 1.6 cm
box 171

Groh, Klaus

[Rubber stamped woodblock]
[Rubber stamped woodblock]

Scope and Content Note

[Rubber stamped woodblock]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Wood scrap with purple rubber stamp impressions on the recto: "Büchersendung," "o.k.," "WHOEVER IS CREATIVE, LIVES, © KLAUS GROH," "TRY," signed in red ink by the artist. The verso is inscribed in red ink: "For Dick yours Klaus" and has the artist's address label attached to it.
Dimensions: 15 x 9.5 x 1.2 cm
box 171

Groh, Klaus

Try to Try

Scope and Content Note

Try to Try
s.l. : s.n., 1975
Common metal and glass picture frame encasing a piece of black cardboard attached to which is a cut and pasted illustration of a figure driving a manually driven three-wheeled vehicle. Under the illustration is a green plastic strip embossed with the message: "TRY TO TRY." Signed in white grease pen by the artist on the recto. The verso has the artist's address label attached to it.
Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 1.2 cm
box 173

Gut, Elisabetta

The Book of the Ear (of Corn)
The Book of the Ear (of Corn)

Scope and Content Note

The Book of the Ear (of Corn)
s.l. : s.n., 1980
Box with exterior label printed with the following message: "Warning! If you want to open the box, pull where is the white O. But do not take off many times the book-object and handle it with care because the work is liable to deteriorate." Inside is the book object, consisting of three leaves of cream-colored heavy paperstock, each folded in half. One of the sheets surrounds the other two like a jacket. Each leaf has two adjacent rectangular cutouts with one centimeter of paper between them. Pieces of grain are attached at various points on the book, creating cross-hatched patterns. The title is written in pencil on the verso of the last leaf.
Dimensions: 22.8 x 23.5 x 3.8 cm (box); 21.5 x 21.7 x 1.5 cm (leaves); 11.5 x 5.2 cm (cutouts)
box 171

H., E. [?]

Prolegomena zu jede ferner Kunstgeschichte

Scope and Content Note

Prolegomena zu jede ferner Kunstgeschichte
s.l. : s.n., undated
Miniature brown cardboard portfolio with a magazine photograph (a man counting bullet holes on a white target wall) pasted on its face, and a streak of red paint across the overlapping flap. The top of the lid is printed with block letters: "KUNST EH." Inside there is a book made of the fragments of heavily cropped signatures of Helen Gardner, Art Through the Ages, bound with two brass brads. A cover sheet is laid over the original title page with the hand-written title: "Prolegomenon to any further History of Art," crossed out with red ink and replaced with the German translation; the title of the piece.
Dimensions: ca. 11.5 x 16 x 3 cm
box 171

Harding, Mary

Photo

Scope and Content Note

Photo
s.l. : s.n., 1973
Five small white cardboard boxes, nested one inside the other, in descending sizes () Each contains at its base a black and white close-up photograph of the face of a clock set to approximately 11:00 o'clock, with the exception of the smallest photograph, which is a long shot of a clock tower, possibly the same clock as the close-up pictured on the bottom of the first and largest box. The bottom of the outside box is stamped "MARY HARDING PHOTO" and dated "M.H. '73."
Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 3 cm (outside box); 4.1 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm (smallest box)
 

Part 19 (Hatch-Hendricks)

box 171

Hatch, Luca (age 8)

Scope and Content Note

[Present to his grandfather]
s.l. : s.n., 1982
Orange marmalade jar without lid, stuffed inside an annotated brown paper bag.
Dimensions: 12 cm
[No image available.]
 

Held, John, [Jr.]

box 175

Held, John

Card Catalog
Card Catalog

Scope and Content Note

Card Catalog
s.l. : s.n., [1979?]
Light wood standard, four drawer library catalog card cabinet filled with cards, each printed with rubber stamp messages, images, and letters. A buff cardboard label is attached to the top right hand side printed with these words: "79. JOHN HELD, JR. Utica, CARD CATALOG, mixed media, The artist invites you to look through the cards."
Dimensions: 44 x 35 x 32.5 cm
Note: see also Series I.
box 176

Held, John

Total Art Matchbook
Total Art Matchbook

Scope and Content Note

Total Art Matchbook
s.l. : s.n., [1978]
Buff yellow cardboard box containing a set of 12 white matchbooks, lined up in a slotted holder. Each match is individually decorated with a small swatch of (colored or printed) paper glued onto the back, and printed with a variety of rubber stamped texts and images throughout.
Dimensions: 21 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm
box 176

Held, John

Total Art Matchbook
Total Art Matchbook

Scope and Content Note

Total Art Matchbook
s.l. : s.n., undated
Buff yellow cardboard box containing a set of 12 white matchbooks, lined up in a slotted holder. Each match is individually decorated with a small swatch of (colored or printed) paper glued onto the back, and printed with a variety of rubber stamped texts and images throughout.
Dimensions: 21 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm
box 177

Held, John

Total Art Matchbook

Scope and Content Note

Total Art Matchbook
s.l. : s.n., undated
White, paper-wrapped cardboard box containing 47 ordinary store-bought matchbooks. Each is individually decorated with a small swatch of (colored or printed) paper glued onto the back and printed with a variety of rubber stamped texts and images throughout. Items were possibly used in the production of other objects by the artist.
Dimensions: 9.5 x 17 x 4 cm (box)
 

Hendricks, Bici [Nye Ffarrabas]

box 178

Hendricks, Bici

Egg/Time Event

Scope and Content Note

Egg/Time Event
s.l. : s.n., 1967
Plaster cube with red ink rubber stamp markings on the top: "EGG/TIME EVENT, ONE HEN EGG, DO NOT OPEN, FOR 100 YEARS, FEB 22 1967."
Dimensions: ca. 9.3 x 9.8 x 9.5 cm
box 312**

Hendricks, Bici (with Geoffrey Hendricks)

The Friday Book of White Noise

Scope and Content Note

The Friday Book of White Noise
s.l. : s.n., [1965] Excerpt from The Friday Book of White Noise (1963-65), performed at Café au Go Go, New York, March 1, 1965.
 

Hendricks, Geoffrey

box 178

Hendricks, Geoffrey

All American Flux Safety Matches

Scope and Content Note

All American Flux Safety Matches
s.l. : s.n., 1973
Box of burned wooden matches with a printed orange and beige label featuring a football player and the words "All American Safety Matches" manufactured by the Universal Match Corp. St Louis, Mo. This has been overlaid in white letters with the words "FLUX" and "Geoff Hendricks, 1973." The box is held in a plastic box.
Dimensions: 3.8 x 5.8 x 1.8 cm
box 294*

Hendricks, Geoffrey

Flux Divorce Album
Flux Divorce Album

Scope and Content Note

Flux Divorce Album
s.l. : s.n., 1973 Wood box containing objects of various media.
box 178

Hendricks, Geoffrey

Flux Reliquary
Flux Reliquary

Scope and Content Note

Flux Reliquary
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Plastic box with a label affixed to the top featuring a black and white photographic image of a crown-jewel-like object on which is overlaid the title of the piece and artist's name. Inside, the box is subdivided and labeled according to the contents of each section. These are a series of quasi-religious, numbered "Flux relics," such as: "Sweat of Lucifer from the heat of Hell," which labels a small bottle containing an amber liquid; and "Fragment of rope by which Judas Iscariot hung himself," which labels a coiled piece of telephone wire, etc.
Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.2 x 2.6 cm
box 179

Hendricks, Geoffrey

Picnic Garbage Placemat

Scope and Content Note

Picnic Garbage Placemat
s.l. : s.n., 1973
White oilcloth printed with a black-and-white photographic image of a paper plate, banana peels and assorted garbage thrown on a patch of grass.
Dimensions: 35.5 x 42.5 cm
box 178

Hendricks, Geoffrey (with Brian Buczak)

The Wisdom of the Money for Food Lady
The Wisdom of the Money for Food Lady

Scope and Content Note

The Wisdom of the Money for Food Lady
s.l. : Money for Food Press, 1978
Cardboard box with title of piece printed on label on exterior lid. Inside is bent metal umbrella handle with tag tied to it. Tag reads: "Brian Geoff Hendricks picture collection ; 18 / This object found on March 2, 1978."
Dimensions: 25.3 x 25.3 cm (box); 24 cm (handle)
 

Part 20 (Henry-Hutchins)

box 178

Henry, Maurice

Le petit Incendiaire (The Little Arsonist)

Scope and Content Note

Le petit Incendiaire (The Little Arsonist)
Cologne, Germany : Herausgegeben von Karl Gerstner und Daniel Spoerri, 1965
Edition MAT MOT; 57/100
Clamshell pasteboard box covered in black plastic, with author, title and series printed on slip of paper attached to spine. The box interior is lined with red felt. It contains a bit of crumpled newspaper, straw, sticks, an ampule containing a clear fluid (gasoline?) together with a file to open it, a book of matches, a box of matches, a lighter. Title of piece printed on card.
Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 3.8 cm (closed)
box 295*

Herzfeld, Anatol

Rapsfeld

Scope and Content Note

Rapsfeld
s.l. : Edition Hundertmark, 1972 A yellow colored wooden beam with a burned sign.
box 296*

Hewett, Capt. William

Scope and Content Note

Map of the North Sea (reprint?)
s.l. : s.n., undated
Showing locations of lighthouses, published 1842-1865.
[No explanation or artwork seems associated with this item. No image available.]
box 178

Hill, Ed and Suzanne Bloom (aka MANUAL)

[MANUAL Invitation]

Scope and Content Note

[MANUAL invitation]
s.l. : s.n., 1975
Wood piece with a hole cut out of the center, annotated in blue ink with red and blue rubber stampings, elaborating, in essence, an invitation to Jean Brown to come to lunch or dinner at any of several dates/times offered, an emphasis being placed on the word "MANUAL." In the center hole is a small plastic box inside of which there is a nondescript brownish substance. The whole of the piece is enclosed in a white cardboard mailer stamped with the word "MANUAL."
Dimensions: 20.2 x 23.3 x 1.4 cm
box 178

Houédard, Dom Sylvester (aka D S H)

Spring: for Ian and Sue

Scope and Content Note

Spring: for Ian and Sue
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Wood box with detached lid, all covered with brown mailing tape. The opening is covered with a plastic sheet. Inside the bottom of the box is lined with a white card which has six coiled pieces cut out and pulled up to create crude springs, each of these holds one of the typed letters comprising the word "spring." On one side is a typed message, printed in stacked, vertical fashion, as in concrete poetry: "for ian & sue dsh 251266."
Dimensions: 21.2 x 12 x 3.5 cm
box 181

Howeg, Thomas (ed.) [Galerie Howeg]

[Collection of works]
[Collection of works]

Scope and Content Note

[Collection of works]
s.l. : Edition Howeg, 1972
Gray cardboard box with Hungarian postage and customs stamps, labels addressed to Jean Brown (Tyringham) and from "Edition Galerie Howeg," additionally one printed label in red with the words: "Büchersendung Nicht werfen!" There is also a label attached to the inside lid with a typed message reading: "DANKE FUER IHRE TREUE UND IHR INTERESSE AN DER EDITION HOWEG IM JAHRE 1972," signed by the editor. The box contains nine prints, and other pieces, (including a yellow plastic object resembling a coat hanger) printed by several artists including Ueli Berger, Charly Wüllner, and Eric Andersen.
Dimensions: 19 x 19 x 2.5 cm
box 297*

Huisman, Hetty

Between Foreword and the End
Between Foreword and the End

Scope and Content Note

Between Foreword and the End
s.l. : s.n., 1983
box 181

Edition Hundertmark [Armin Hundertmark]

Catalog

Scope and Content Note

Catalog
s.l. : s.n., 1970-1971
Pre-printed food product box (Hol-grain salted whole wheat wafer-ets, product of Golden Grain of Seattle, Washington) containing 36 copies of a rolled strip of paper printed in black and white with photographs, illustrations and descriptions of works by Beuys, Brus, Filliou, Friedman, Gosewitz, Knížák, Rühm, Mühl, Nitsch, Schmit, and Vautier.
Dimensions: 8.4 x 22 x 5.7 cm; 8 x 67 cm (rolled paper)
 

Hutchins, Alice

box 178

Hutchins, Alice

Jewelry Fluxkit
Jewelry Fluxkit

Scope and Content Note

Jewelry Fluxkit
New York : Fluxus, 1968
Plastic white box with title of work and artist's name on label affixed to exterior lid. Inside are springs, bells, 1 ferrite magnet.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm Note: see also Hutchins' blue box version of Jewelry Fluxkit from 1980.
box 178

Hutchins, Alice

Jewelry Fluxkit
Jewelry Fluxkit

Scope and Content Note

Jewelry Fluxkit
New York : Fluxus, 1980
Plastic blue box with title of work and artist's name on label affixed to exterior lid. Inside are springs, bells, and one ferrite magnet.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm Note: see also Hutchins' white box version of Jewelry Fluxkit from 1968.
 

Part 21 (Interdada-Kaprow)

box 180

Inter-DADA 1984 Kit [Ginny Lloyd]

Inter-Dada 1984 Kit
Inter-Dada 1984 Kit

Scope and Content Note

Inter-DADA 1984 Kit
s.l. : s.n., 1985
Cardboard box painted with black, white, orange, pink, and other enamels, decorated with stamps, and labeled: "INTER DADA 84 KIT" fashioned with a nylon rope handle into a briefcase-like carrier with a nylon strip latch. Inside is a collection of clippings, printed pieces, posters, a t-shirt, and other assorted items from the INTER-DADA '84 festival of San Francisco. Festival poster included.
Dimensions: 32 x 47 x 8 cm
box 181

Johnson, Ray

[Bicycle handle grip]

Scope and Content Note

[Bicycle handle grip]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Black bicycle handle grip, the inside of which is filled with sawdust-like dust and fragments, embedded along its outside ridges with scale-like fungi. A mailer manila envelope addressed "FOR CAROL BERGE CHELSEA HOTEL" accompanies the handle, as well as a hand-written note in red crayon that reads: "Carol, naturally, this object has a story. Ray." The back of the note is a photocopy of a line drawing of a man with annotations of the dimensions of his body, possibly scrap paper.
Dimensions: ca. 11.5 x 2.8 cm
box 181

Jones, Andrew

The Deck of Cards

Scope and Content Note

The Deck of Cards
[London : Andrew Jones Art, Studio Seven], 1979
Boxed set of playing cards, each designed by one of 54 British artists, accompanied by the catalog description. It states in part: "In 1976, Christian Neffe of the JPL Gallery in London commissioned fifty-four leading British artists each to produce a picture representing a different card from a conventional pack of playing-cards, choosing as far as possible a card appropriate to the style of the individual painter concerned . . . The resulting exhibition, which became known as The Deck of Cards, was enthusiastically received . . . On seeing the show, a London collector, Andrew Jones, bought the entire collection and, with the consent of the contributing artists, produced from it a pack of playing cards for sale through gallery shops and elsewhere." (Two copies, one set in the original wrapping.)
The artists represented are: Adrian Heath (1920- ), Suzi Malin (1951- ), John Hoyland (1934- ), Kim Lim (1936- ), Bernard Cohen (1933- ), Tom Phillips (1937- ), Alan Davie (1920- ), Derek Hirst (1930- ), John Furnival (1933- ), Paul Huxley (1938- ), Peter Kinley (1926- ), Philip Sutton (1928- ), David Hockney (1937- ), Jack Smith (1928- ), William Turnbull (1922- ), Joe Tilson (1928- ), Howard Hodgkin (1932- ), Bert Kitchen (1940- ), Patrick Heron (1920- ), John Spence (1944- ), Harry Thubron (1915- ), Knighton Hosking (1944- ), Maggi Hambling (1945- ), Patrick Hughes (1939- ), Allen Jones (1937- ), Cecil Collins (1908- ), Paul Feiler (1918- ), Prunella Clough (1919- ), John Plumb (1927- ), Ian Stephenson (1934- ), Marc Vaux (1932- ), Robyn Denny (1930- ), Bill Jacklin (1943- ), Stephen Buckley (1944- ), Richard Smith (1931- ), Antony Frost (1951- ), Peter Schmidt (1931- ), David Inshaw (1943- ), Patrick Caulfield (1936- ), Keith Milow (1945- ), Julian Cooper (1947- ), Tess Jaray (1937- ), Anthony Benjamin (1931- ), Conroy Maddox (1912- ), Boyd (1944- )/Evans (1945- ), Rita Donagh (1939- ), Sandra Blow (1925- ), Terry Frost (1915- ), Ian Breakwell (1943- ), Joseph Herman (1911- ), Evan Charlton (1904- ), Patrick Procktor (1936- ), Antony Donaldson (1939- ), Anthony Green (1939- ), Kenneth Martin (1905), and Tim Whitmore (1944- ).
Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 2.5 cm (boxed set)
 

Jones, Joe

box 182

Jones, Joe

Flux Food for GM

Scope and Content Note

Flux Food for GM
s.l. : s.n., 1982
no. 13/15
Wooden board fixed with two eyehooks and string for hanging, printed in black ink with the words: "FlUx FOOD FOR GM" and signed by the artist. A small music box mechanism is screwed to the upper right hand corner. The whole of this framing serves to support a sheet of clear and metallic gold plastic that is pre-shaped to hold an assortment of chewable, colorfully wrapped candies and gum, chiefly of German manufacture. Dimensions: 24.3 x 40.5 x 3 cm; 18 x 31 cm (gold plastic)
Note: some oil-like bleeding to the wrappers has occurred in two items (LustigeTiere and El Gaucho) and cracking is observed in the two unwrapped pink wads: one to the right of LustigeTierre, and the other one the last of the small, unwrapped red balls, at the bottom of the "seven" shaped row. Recommended it be moved to cold storage, October 2001.
box 185

Jones, Joe

Flux Music Box
Flux Music Box

Scope and Content Note

Flux Music Box
s.l. : s.n., 1965
White plastic box, with a hinged lid to which is attached a printed label featuring several combined gear mechanisms and the loose letters "f l u x m u s i c b o x b y j o e j o n e s," from which two metal winds protrude which are attached to music box mechanisms inside. The mechanisms are altered (that is, some keys are broken off) so as to produce random, disjointed music, especially so when both are played simultaneously.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 11.8 x 2.6 cm
box 183

Jones, Joe

Music Machine Xylophone

Scope and Content Note

Music Machine Xylophone
Berlin : Edition Hundertmark, 1976
no. 2/20
Stored in a pasteboard box, print of 13 Hohner-Lyrica metal tubes set in a wooden frame, over which a battery-operated cork beater swings from a hanging ring in variable arcs.
Dimensions: 44 x 32 x 8 cm
box 181

Jones, Joe

Solar Music Case
Solar Music Case

Scope and Content Note

Solar Music Case
s.l. : [Edition Hundertmark], 1984
no. 9/10
Wooden box with hinged lid, a wooden handle and a metal clasp. A small plastic and metal object (a solar cell?) is held to the outside of the lid by metal clasps. Wires from this mechanism lead inside through the lid, first to connectors and thence to a small electric motor that hangs from the lid. From this a metal crank emanates to which a ping-pong ball is attached. Also hanging from inside the lid are two small, primitive-looking cowbells. The lid is held open by propping a small wood rod. And a small hand-held drum sits on the bottom of the box. Accompanying the work is a white card with hand-written pen and ink instructions and black-and-white photographs of the piece. Both box and card are signed in pencil by the artist.
Dimensions: 23.5 x 30.5 x 6.2 cm
box 185

Jones, Joe

Two Worms Chasing Each Other (A Flux Music Box)

Scope and Content Note

Two Worms Chasing Each Other (A Flux Music Box)
s.l. : s.n., 1969 assembled 1976
Black and clear plastic box encasing a black metal mechanism featuring a circular path along which two objects move, a bell, and a wind (perhaps a modified miniature toy train set.) Enclosed is a small blue card printed with the title of the piece and author's name.
Dimensions: 14 x 15 x 5.2 cm
box 187

Kagel, Mauricio

Saitensprung (Escaped from Strings)
Saitensprung (Escaped from Strings)

Scope and Content Note

Saitensprung (Escaped from Strings)
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, [1968]
White pressboard pegboard with inserted hardware hooks arranged with stretched rubber bands into four geometric shapes.
Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm
box 298*

Kaprow, Allan

Calling

Scope and Content Note

Calling
s.l. : Something Else Press, 1967 no. 1/25
Quarter inch plywood board partially stained with green and red ink over which is printed this message in black ink: "Calling, a Happening by Allan Kaprow performed in and out of New York in the summer of 1965, is one of the landmarks of the form, and its scenario typifies the poetic ritual style he has developed. This present graphic representation, however, began as an improvisation, when Kaprow, playing with a set of rubber stamp letters, stamped out each word of the scenario on a separate index card. I continued the game by assembling the cards on the copyboard of a graphic arts camera and shooting them and by adding an element of color play. The resulting object is not, however, a final one in any sense. While the original scenario may be read by starting from bottom to top, right hand column to left hand, on the sliver, blue, red, yellow and, finally, brown sheets, there are other stories which the reader is invited to tell, other games for him to play. - Dick Higgins, New York City, September 26, 1967. - 25 signed and numbered copies have been produced of which this is number 1." Over this are a sheet of white Plexiglas and five sheets of clear plastic. The clear sheets are printed over with words arranged in loose grid columns and rows, each in different colored inks (red, turquoise, silver, yellow, brownish red), which, when read in different directions group into loose "narratives," and which are complicated further by overlaying the sheets.
Dimensions: 50.8 x 61 x .5 cm (board); 50.5 x 59.5 x .5 cm (plexiglas); 51 x 59.5 cm (clear plastic)
 

Part 22 (Khouri-Knížák)

box 184

Khouri, Omar and Paulo Miranda

Zero à Esquerda (Zero Left)
Zero à Esquerda (Zero Left)
Zero à Esquerda (Zero Left)

Scope and Content Note

Zero à Esquerda (Zero Left)
São Paulo, Brazil : s.n., 1980-1981
Corrugated cardboard envelope with a hinged lid, on which is attached an orange label printed in blue block letters with the word "ZERO" in upside-down letters. The envelope contains a collection of prints and other works, many of which are poetry, by various artists.
Dimensions: 28.5 x 51.5 x 1 cm
 

Kirkeby, Per

box 185

Kirkeby, Per

Compass Face Clock

Scope and Content Note

Compass Face Clock
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Standard electric bedside clock (model: Dunmar, by Westclox, LaSalle, IL) made of white and clear plastic, with a modified face printed in black ink on white paper featuring the dial design of a compass.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 11 x 9 cm
box 185

Kirkeby, Per

Degree Face Clock

Scope and Content Note

Degree Face Clock
s.l. : [Fluxus], 1969
Round metal alarm clock with brass pieces, painted in enamel blue, black, and red, and with a modified face printed in black ink on white paper featuring the design of a round protractor scale of 360 degrees.
Dimensions: 13 x 9.5 x 6 cm
box 185

Kirkeby, Per

Flux Box
Flux Box

Scope and Content Note

Flux Box
s.l. : s.n., undated
White plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a design of a box with many drawers and compartments and the words "Flux Box by Per Kirkeby." The entire space inside is taken up by a thin block of white plastic (Plexiglas) that is glued in place.
Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.2 x 1 cm
box 185

Kirkeby, Per

Flux Finger Sweater
Flux Finger Sweater

Scope and Content Note

Flux Finger Sweater
s.l. : s.n., undated
Black and clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of a fur sack with straps and the words "FLUX FINGER SWEATER BY-PER KIRKEBY." Inside there is a small cone shaped object made of knitted red and white yarns with a small tassel, the inside of which has a small paper label that reads "MADE IN JAPAN."
Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 1.4 cm
box 185

Kirkeby, Per

4 Flux Drinks
4 Flux Drinks

Scope and Content Note

4 Flux Drinks
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Red plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of two men in traditional Asian clothing having tea over a small low table, with the words "4 flux drinks by Per Kirkeby" written vertically along the top to resemble Asian-like vertical writing. Inside there are three paper tea bags manufactured by Lipton.
Dimensions: 9.3 x 12 x 1.7 cm
box 185

Knížák, Jane

Flux Papers
Flux Papers

Scope and Content Note

Flux Papers
s.l. : s.n., undated
Red and clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of a man, ostensibly a printer, lifting a piece of paper with the words "Flux Papers By Jane Knižak" over a block. Inside there are five strips of toilet paper of various colors with designs of flowers and mock dollar bills.
Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.2 x 1 cm
 

Knížák, Milan

box 185

Knížák, Milan

Flux Dreams
Flux Dreams

Scope and Content Note

Flux Dreams
s.l. : s.n., 1969
White and clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of a human head in profile with delineated sections of the brain outlined into which the letters "FLUXDREAMSBYMILANKNIZAK" have been inserted. Inside there are seven smaller boxes in different colors of clear or opaque plastic, loosely arranged.
Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 2.2 cm
box 186

Knížák, Milan

Fluxus Ost
Fluxus Ost

Scope and Content Note

Fluxus Ost
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1971
no. 4/20
Box with artist's name and the title "Objekty" printed on label affixed to exterior lid. Inside the box are four objects: a "killed book," in this case a copy of Villafranca, by John Retcliffe, drilled through in five places; a clear plastic body shirt on a wooden hanger; a metal paper glider; a "Relic," which is a hammer and sickle cut out of yellow plastic foam. Each object has attached to it a piece of paper signed by the artist, date and numbered.
Dimensions: 43 x 43 cm
box 185

Knížák, Milan

Flux Snakes
Flux Snakes

Scope and Content Note

Flux Snakes
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of a stylized snake, a hand, and an eye, and the words "flux snakes by milan knizak." Inside there is a handful of loose, dry spaghetti.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 12 x 1 cm
box 185

Knížák, Milan

Flux White Meditation
Flux White Meditation

Scope and Content Note

Flux White Meditation
s.l. : s.n., undated
White and clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of four cross sections of a human skull and brain, and the words "Flux White Meditation By MILAN Knižak." Inside there is a small amount of white powder.
Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 1 cm
box 185

Knížák, Milan

Stone Recruit
Stone Recruit

Scope and Content Note

Stone Recruit
Cologne, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1980
no. 1/20
Stone with white, pink, red, blue and yellow ribbons fastened together with a safety pin that is glued to the stone. Signed and dated by the artist in blue ink on label attached to bottom of stone.
Dimensions: 15.5 x 10 cm
box 185

Knížák, Milan

Stone with Red Spots
Stone with Red Spots

Scope and Content Note

Stone with Red Spots
Cologne, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1980
no. 2/20
Stone with red spots painted on it. Signed and dated by the artist in blue ink on label attached to bottom.
Dimensions: 16 x 12.5 cm
 

Part 23 (Knowles-Kubota)

 

Knowles, Alison

box 187

Knowles, Alison

Bean Rolls

Scope and Content Note

Bean Rolls
New York : Fluxus, 1963
Metal canister with "Alison Knowles Collection/ Bean Rolls" printed on one of the four sides and "Direct From the Garden" printed on another. Inside are paper scrolls printed with bean facts, sayings and recipes, and dried beans.
Dimensions: 8.3 x 8.3 x 7.9 cm
box 187

Knowles, Alison

Blue Box
Blue Box

Scope and Content Note

Blue Box
Cologne, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1981
Blue cardboard box with label affixed to exterior lid. On label is title of piece, publisher, and artist's signature. Inside is a dried bean. Interior lid is stamped: "View of the world / Blick auf die Welt / Alison Knowles."
Dimensions: 6.4 x 10.5 x 2.1 cm
box 188

Köpcke, Arthur

Continue

Scope and Content Note

Continue
Berlin, Germany : René Block, 1972
no. 27/30
Black box containing 129 pieces, including ideas pasted onto 72 leaves of black construction paper. At the head of each leaf: "You can put each piece as a way of action for the rest of the piece." Among the non-graphic objects are a record album, a pair of glasses, a box of matches.
Dimensions: 26 x 36 cm
box 185

Kostiuk, Michael

[Book]

Scope and Content Note

[Book]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Hardback book glued shut and painted gray on the cover, pink along the edges, and with a metal handle screwed to its face. The back cover is signed in ink.
Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 3.7 cm
box 187

Kosugi, Takehisa

Events
Events

Scope and Content Note

Events
New York : Fluxus, 1964
Black plastic box with label affixed to exterior lid. Printed in beige on black are the title, artist's name, and publisher. Inside are various sizes of cardstock with performance instructions printed on them.
Dimensions: 12 x 10 x 1.6 cm
 

Kriwet, Ferdinand

box 317**

Kriwet, Ferdinand

Unitedesert Gapresident

Scope and Content Note

Unitedesert Gapresident
s.l. : Wittenborn and Co., undated
Red Text Sign, silkscreen on aluminum. Signature indistinct on verso.
box 317**

Kriwet, Ferdinand

Hemandrakey Supermanage

Scope and Content Note

Hemandrakey Supermanage
s.l. : Wittenborn and Co., undated
Yellow Text Sign, silkscreen on aluminum. Signature indistinct on verso.
box 317**

Kriwet, Ferdinand

Interroriot Eugeniclean

Scope and Content Note

Interroriot Eugeniclean
s.l. : Wittenborn and Co., undated
Red Text Sign, silkscreen on aluminum. Signature indistinct on verso.
box 177

Kruger, Barbara

[Matchbooks]

Scope and Content Note

[Matchbooks]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Set of seven black printed matchbooks. Each is preprinted on the back (strike board side) with black-and-white photographic images and textual messages: "Your comfort is my silence," "We have received orders not to move," "You are an experiment in terror," "Your manias become science," "Charisma is the perfume of your gods," "Surveillance is your busy work," and "You construct intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men." Seven sets, packaged in black plastic bags (49 pieces) accompanied by a postal sales sheet advertising the set.
Dimensions: ca. 5.5 x 21.5 x 2 cm (package); 4.8 x 3.8 cm and 4.8 x 5.3 cm (matchbook sizes)
 

Kubota, Shigeko

box 187

Kubota, Shigeko

Flux Medicine
Flux Medicine

Scope and Content Note

Flux Medicine
New York : Fluxus, 1966
Transparent plastic box with large pill shaped object attached to exterior lid. On pill is engraved the title of piece. Inside are 7 compartments containing 39 empty capsules, a dropper, eight empty bandage wrappers, and an empty vial. Labels with usage instructions are affixed to the bottom of the four side compartments.
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 2.6 cm
box 187

Kubota, Shigeko

Flux Napkins
Flux Napkins

Scope and Content Note

Flux Napkins
New York : Fluxus, 1966
Red plastic box with label on exterior lid printed with image of a woman's open mouth. Inside box are three folded red paper napkins. Affixed to one is a small magazine clipping of a nose, to another a mouth, and to another an eye.
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 1.7 cm
 

Part 24 (Lai-Maccheroni)

box 187

Lai, Maria

Autografo per Collezione
Autografo per Collezione

Scope and Content Note

Autografo per Collezione
s.l. ; s.n., 1979
Ecru fabric with black and gray horizontal stitching that resembles writing. Some of the black threads dangle two feet or more below the canvas. The fabric is mounted on a wooden support with plain ecru fabric covering the verso. Attached to the recto is another wooden support which frames the stitching.
Dimensions: 22.3 x 18 cm
 

Lennon, John

box 187

Lennon, John

The John Lennon London Diary 1969
The John Lennon London Diary 1969

Scope and Content Note

The John Lennon London Diary 1969
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Photomechanically reproduced diary dating from Jan 1, 1969 to Jan 1, 1970. Most daily entries record the same mundane routine, such as "got up / went to work / came home / watched telly / went to bed."
Dimensions: 10.5 x 8 cm
box 187

Lennon, John

Piece for George Maciunas who can't distinguish between these colors

Scope and Content Note

Piece for George Maciunas who can't distinguish between these colors
New York : Fluxus, 1971
Paint set containing tubes of watercolor paint, paintbrush, and a loose label with the piece's title, artist's name, and date printed in black on blue paper.
Dimensions: 11.7 x 23.8 x 2 cm
 

Liss, Carla

box 187

Liss, Carla

Island Flux Souvenir
Island Flux Souvenir

Scope and Content Note

Island Flux Souvenir
s.l. : s.n., 1973
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a map of a group of islands dotted with numbers (soundings) and the word "ISLAND FLUX SOUVENIR BY CARLA LISS." Inside there are divided sections containing a variety of items, including a shell, postal stamps (Portugal, Greece, and Puerto Rico), seeds, sand, and dried sea plants.
Dimensions: 9.1 x 12 x 2.5 cm
box 187

Liss, Carla

Sacrament Fluxkit
Sacrament Fluxkit

Scope and Content Note

Sacrament Fluxkit
s.l. : s.n., 1969
White plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of an Egyptian figure working with some flexible tubing and jars and the words "sacrament FLUXKIT by carla liss." Inside there are nine small specimen/medication dispensing bottles with liquids in shades of yellow and clear. The inside of the lid is printed with a diagram explaining the contents of each bottle: "WELL, FAUCET, POOL, RAIN, BROOK, LAKE, SNOW, RIVER, SEA."
Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.6 x 5 cm
box 187

Liss, Carla

Travel Fluxkit
Travel Fluxkit

Scope and Content Note

Travel Fluxkit
s.l. : s.n., 1973
White plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of a figure in a carriage led by two horses, a rider and a footman, and the words "TRAVEL FLUX KIT CARLA LISS." Inside there is a small collection of papers and receipts from a trip showing languages and labels of London, Israel, and Greece.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 12 x 1 cm
 

Lurie, Boris

box 190

Lurie, Boris

Art Bag

Scope and Content Note

Art Bag
s.l. : s.n., undated
Brown burlap bag with a drawstring painted over in red, white, and black blotches and the words "ART BAG," with some paper and cloth items attached to its surface in the form of a collage. Two printed items announcing and describing (a quote by Gertrude Stein dated 1963) the artist's show at GALLERY: GERTRUDE STEIN (NY), 16 April 1963, accompany the piece.
Dimensions: ca. 82 x 57 cm
box 189

Lurie, Boris

Roses

Scope and Content Note

Roses
s.l. : s.n., 1965, 1974
Two large red plastic roses, one of which is stained with black ink, tied together by a metal chain and a small lock. Attached to this is a small key on a piece of twine, also stained in black ink. Attached to one stem is a label that says: "BORISLURIE 'Roses' (1965) 1974" and is signed.
Dimensions: ca. 47 x 19 x 13 cm
box 197

Maccheroni, Henri

Bras de la Vénus de Milo finement broyés

Scope and Content Note

Bras de la Vénus de Milo finement broyés
s.l. : s.n., undated
no. 10/10
Preserving jar half-filled with a white powder (plaster, flour?), on which a paper label is attached with this manuscript notation in black ink: "Bras de la Vénus de Milo finement broyés - 10/10 Maccheroni." (Venus de Milo's arms finely ground.)
Dimensions: 17.5 x 10 cm
 

Part 25 (Maciunas)

 

Maciunas, George

box 167

Maciunas, George

Fluxus Preview Review (Fluxroll)

Scope and Content Note

Fluxus Preview Review (Fluxroll)
s.l. : s.n., 1963
Housed with two issues of Kalendarrolle magazine.
Scroll-like sheet printed on both sides with black-and-white photographs and text describing Fluxus works and activities, header on the recto with the words: "Preview Review." Two other scrolls accompany this piece, Kallendarrolle No. 1 (November 1961) and Kallendarrolle No. 2 (June 1962), which are scrolled magazines of experimental music and poetry published by Kalender/Ebeling und Dietrich.
Dimensions: ca. 11.5 x 4.5 cm (casing); 166.5 x 10 cm (scroll) Note: three copies, one of which is a fragment. The format of the 1961 issue of Kalendarrolle No. 1 was Maciunas' model for Fluxus Preview Review; see Fluxus Codex by Jon Hendricks, pp. 102-103.
Flatfile 67**

Maciunas, George

Venus de Milo Apron

Scope and Content Note

Venus de Milo Apron
s.l. : s.n., 1967
Flatfile 67**

Maciunas, George

Stomach Anatomy Apron

Scope and Content Note

Stomach Anatomy Apron
s.l. : s.n., 1967 Screenprint of illustrated stomach anatomy on fabric-backed vinyl with metal grommets.
Box 193-193A

Maciunas, George

Bells Racket

Scope and Content Note

Bells Racket
New York : Fluxus, 1975
Blue ping-pong racket with bells attached to one side.
Dimensions: 26.5 x 16 x 2 cm
box 192

Maciunas, George

[Bicycle horn racket]

Scope and Content Note

[Bicycle horn racket]
s.l. : s.n., 1970?
Red ping-pong racket with four black rubber bicycle horns blowers attached through drilled holes to one face. There is a piece of tape on the handle on which this is written in ink: Ping Pong Raquets (4) By George Maciunas."
Dimensions: ca. 26 x 16 x 9 cm
box 193

Maciunas, George

Breath Flux Test
Breath Flux Test

Scope and Content Note

Breath Flux Test
New York : Fluxus, 1971
White plastic box with title of the piece printed on exterior lid label. Inside box is metal and plastic device that measures the strength of the breath of person blowing on it.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm
box 192

Maciunas, George

Burglary Flux Kit
Burglary Flux Kit

Scope and Content Note

Burglary Flux Kit
s.l. : s.n., 1971
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of several hardware tools and the words: "BURGLARY FLUXKIT BY GEORGE MACIUNAS." Inside there are seven compartments with an assortment of keys divided among them.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 12 x 2.5 cm
box 217

Maciunas, George

Spice Chest [sic]

Scope and Content Note

Spice Chest [sic]
s.l. : s.n., undated Block of clear plastic drilled with 64 drilled holes, and holding 32 small glass bottles with cork stoppers. Each bottle contains a particular spice, which identifies and determines the value of the piece being played in the game of chess. A file folder label attached to the side of the block identifies this as the work of George Maciunas, and "chess" as "chest." But see Fluxus Codex, p.459.
Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 9.8 cm (with bottles)
box 192

Maciunas, George

New Flux Year

Scope and Content Note

New Flux Year
New York : Fluxus, ca. 1967
Small cardboard box containing confetti printed with the words "New flux year." The box is designed with no bottom so that when it is slid out of its cover, confetti drops out.
Dimensions: 2 x 6 x 2 cm
box 192

Maciunas, George

Convex Racket

Scope and Content Note

Convex Racket
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Red ping-pong racket with a split sphere of white Styrofoam attached to both faces thus resembling a ball traveling through the racket.
Dimensions: ca. 26 x 16 x 13 cm
box 192

Maciunas, George

Corrugated/Undulating Racket

Scope and Content Note

Corrugated/Undulating Racket
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Blue ping-pong racket with a series of brown soft rubber tubes attached to one face.
Dimensions: ca. 26 x 16 x 3 cm
box 195

Maciunas, George

Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus and Other 4 Dimensional, Aural, Optic, Olfactory, Epithelial and Tactile Art Forms

Scope and Content Note

Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus and Other 4 Dimensional, Aural, Optic, Olfactory, Epithelial and Tactile Art Forms
New York : Fluxus, 1971
Detailed diagram tracing the history of Fluxus in relation to other experimental art movements.
Dimensions: copy no. 1: two sheets, 89 x 58.5 cm each; copy no. 2: one scroll, 175.5 x 58.5 cm
Image of copy no. 2
box 192

Maciunas, George

Excreta Fluxorum
Excreta Fluxorum

Scope and Content Note

Excreta Fluxorum
s.l. : s.n., 1973
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a drawing of a cross section of a human intestine and the words: "EX. CRETA FLUXORUM BY GM '73." Inside there are seven compartments with specimens of excrement from various creatures. A label is attached to the inside of the lid that identifies the contents of each compartment. Note: this is one of two similar items.
Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 2.5 cm
box 192

Maciunas, George

Excreta Fluxorum

Scope and Content Note

Excreta Fluxorum
s.l. : s.n., 1973
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid inside of which there are eighteen compartments with specimens of excrement from various creatures, including a white ball from a unicorn. The bottom of each compartment contains a blue label that identifies its contents.
Dimensions: 11 x 21 x 3.3 cm
Note: this is one of two similar items.
box 191

Maciunas, George

Fluxmouse No. 1
Fluxmouse No. 1

Scope and Content Note

Fluxmouse No. 1
Tyringham, Massachusetts : Fluxus, 1973
Dead mouse immersed in alcohol and floating inside a transparent glass jar. Typed label attached to the jar exterior describes history of the mouse's death.
Dimensions: 12 x 6 cm
box 194

Maciunas, George

Fluxsyringe

Scope and Content Note

Fluxsyringe
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Gray metal cylinder injection-like object with a pump handle and a square block of several hypodermic needles attached to its target end. There is a label on the cylinder with the title of the piece and artist's name. The piece is encased in a hinged wooden box with a latch.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 39 x 6.5 cm; 8.8 x 42 x 8 cm (box)
box 191

Maciunas, George

Light Bulbs
Light Bulbs

Scope and Content Note

Light Bulbs
s.l. : s.n., undated
Two light bulbs housed in separate boxes; for Shaker Seed House ceiling; Maciunas wired the ceiling and installed Larry Miller's Very Slow Fan and Very Fast Clock, Duchamp's Rotorelief and Watts' Flux Light Kit with these light bulbs. See Series I for Maciunas files with photocopies of photos of the works installed.
box 193

Maciunas, George

New Flux Year
New Flux Year

Scope and Content Note

New Flux Year
New York : Fluxus, ca. 1967
Trick cardboard box containing pop-out snake and confetti printed with the title of piece.
Dimensions: 12 x 7 x 7.5 cm
Flatfile 66**

Maciunas, George

NO/ON

Scope and Content Note

NO/ON
s.l. : s.n., late 1960s-early 1970s
Square flag/banner sewn with red and green cloth to form, on both recto and verso, the word "NO" (or "ON," depending on the way it is held). There are brass rivet holes on each of the four corners, allowing for it to be hung in any direction.
Dimensions: 57.5 x 59 cm
box 193

Maciunas, George

Same Card Flux Deck

Scope and Content Note

Same Card Flux Deck
New York : Fluxus, undated
White plastic box with label adhered to exterior lid. On label is printed a picture of a pig reclining on a sawhorse with a sheet of paper in its mouth on which is printed the piece's title. Inside are 52 copies of the same playing card (7 of diamonds).
Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm
box 192

Maciunas, George

Smile Flux Machine for Yoko Ono
Smile Flux Machine for Yoko Ono

Scope and Content Note

Smile Flux Machine for Yoko Ono
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Blue plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a printed photograph of a human face, the mouth of which two hands are forcing into a smile. These words are printed along the side: "smile flux machine for yoko ono by george maciunas." Inside there is a small contraption (made of hardware, a spring, and two pieces of plastic) that might conceivably be used to force lips into a smile.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 12 x 3 cm
box 193

Maciunas, George

Time Chess

Scope and Content Note

Time Chess
New York : Fluxus, 1966
Chess set with game pieces that are sand timers with various black rubber aprons indicating value; board is made from a milky plastic that has 64 identical drilled holes.
Dimensions: 15.5 x 15.5 x 9 cm
Note: broken pieces in separate box.
box 192

Maciunas, George

Your Name Spelled with Objects

Scope and Content Note

Your Name Spelled with Objects
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid inside of which there are twelve compartments with an assortment of objects including: pine leaves, doll's eye, acorn, eye dropper, needle, hardware, glass and plastic pieces, box of seeds, type letter "T," washer, etc.
Dimensions: 16.7 x 27.8 x 4.4 cm
 

Part 26 (Malloy)

box 197

Malloy, Judy

Out Back
Out Back

Scope and Content Note

Out Back
s.l. : s.n., 1980
Styrofoam box with a detachable lid. Subdivided into 13 sections inside, containing a number of photograph fragments and small, wafer-like electronic objects. Attached to the lid is a paper label printed with these words: "OUT BACK c1980, Judy Mallory" and signed by the artist. An instruction guide accompanies the piece: four photocopied pages of the items annotated over in blue ink with directions and other notes for Jean Brown. There is also a color slide of the object dated 1981. Note: This item is in box labeled "Malloy (a)." Instructions are boxed in the separate enclosure labeled "Malloy (b)."
Dimensions: 15.5 x 23.3 x 8.3 cm
 

Part 27 (McGuire-Moorman)

box 198

McGuire, Claudie

Les Désenchantées / Melancholy Collages
Les Désenchantées / Melancholy Collages
Les Désenchantées / Melancholy Collages
Les Désenchantées / Melancholy Collages

Scope and Content Note

Les Désenchantées / Melancholy Collages
s.l. : s.n., undated
Four cardboard panels of collages composed of magazine photos featuring eyes, the earth, vein-like shapes, etc., tied together with thin black ribbons to form an accordion portfolio, signed.
Dimensions: 41 x 25.3 cm (panel)
box 193

Megert, Christian

RETRO MEGERT
RETRO MEGERT

Scope and Content Note

RETRO MEGERT
s.l. : s.n., [1969]
no. 25/100; no. 25/300
Four small mirrors each fixed at different angles onto a piece of fiberboard. Accompanying this are 15 black-and-white photographic prints, all of which are the same image of a man (one is a whole image and the rest are broken up various ways). A postcard catalog description is also included with this explanation: "a help for meditation you can see yourself and your environment in whichever angle of the mirrors you choose."
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21 x .3 cm; 29.6 x 21 cm (prints)
box 199

Mignani, Rolando

Oltre la soglia metaforica
Oltre la soglia metaforica

Scope and Content Note

Oltre la soglia metaforica
s.l. : s.n., 1977
Amorphous plaster slab on fiberboard with indentations dividing the piece into four sections and imprinted with words: "HERE WHER W(HE)RE HEARTH'WHEREWE'RE," the whole of it shellacked over with a light brown paint. The verso is annotated over a newspaper scrap with the artist's name, address in Genoa, Italy, and the title of the piece in ink and red marker.
Dimensions: 36 x 26 cm
 

Miller, Larry

box 200

Miller, Larry

Orifice Flux Plugs

Scope and Content Note

Orifice Flux Plugs
s.l. : s.n., 1974 Clear plastic box with a hinged lid inside of which there are eighteen compartments with an assortment of objects.
box 193

Miller, Larry

Transformer 1
Transformer 1

Scope and Content Note

Transformer 1
s.l. : s.n., 1986
no. 11/50
Wood sculpture of a cross and circle assembled with hardware. Two horn-like pieces are attached to the upper arch. The piece is encased in a box of foam core and wood.
Dimensions: 29 x 13.5 x 1 cm
box 300*

Miller, Larry

Very Fast Clock

Scope and Content Note

Very Fast Clock
s.l. : s.n., undated
Very Fast Clock and Very Slow Fan were made by exchanging each other's motors; installed in Shaker Seed House ceiling by Maciunas.
box 301*

Miller, Larry

Very Slow Fan

Scope and Content Note

Very Slow Fan
s.l. : s.n., undated
Very Fast Clock and Very Slow Fan were made by exchanging each other's motors; installed in Shaker Seed House ceiling by Maciunas.
box 200

Miralda, Antoni

Edible Art

Scope and Content Note

Edible Art
s.l. : s.n., undated
box 201

Monastyrski, Andrei

Semper edem (Breathing Device)
Semper edem (Breathing Device)

Scope and Content Note

Semper edem (Breathing Device)
s.l. : s.n., 1976
Cardboard shoebox covered with black fabric and ribbon, through which a plastic and wood contraption is inserted used for inflating a pink balloon (Bank of Virginia souvenir) inside. There is a loose piece of legal pad paper annotated in ink with the artist's name, title of the piece, and short biographical information.
Dimensions: 15 x 26 x 9 cm
box 201

Moorman, Charlotte

Shard

Scope and Content Note

Shard
s.l. : s.n., 1982
Small fragment from a piece of white pottery with a small label attached to it that reads: "Shard from Charlotte Moorman performance of Yoko Ono's Plate piece, Aug. 24 1982 C. Moorman loft 62 Pearl St. NY NY."
Dimensions: ca. 4.3 x 4.2 x .9 cm
 

Part 28 (Morehouse-Neuhaus)

box 200

Morehouse, William

Encore!
Encore!

Scope and Content Note

Encore!
s.l. : s.n., 1982
Inscribed: For Ken Friedman on the occasion of his exhibition at Interart Jan-Feb 1982/W Morehouse 1/'82.
box 200

Mosset, Olivier

Flux Dots
Flux Dots

Scope and Content Note

Flux Dots
s.l. : s.n., 1969 Plastic red box with label, containing cut paper. Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 1.6 cm
 

Nannucci, Maurizio

box 201

Nannucci, Maurizio

Alle soglia della patafisica

Scope and Content Note

Alle soglia della patafisica
s.l. : s.n., 1981
A rolled strip of pink paper printed in blue with various Italian texts and diagrams, such as a spiral and geometric shapes.
Dimensions: 133.5 x 11.3 cm
box 202

Nannucci, Maurizio

Boîte à Poésie
Boîte à Poésie

Scope and Content Note

Boîte à Poésie
Braunschweig : Kunstverein, 1980
Pasteboard box with piece's title and artist's name printed on the exterior lid. Inside box are various graphic pieces and objects, such as a small terrestrial globe, a folded sheet of paper bearing the words "always endeavor to find some interesting variation," a postcard book, a sound disc.
Dimensions: 31 x 22 cm
box 201

Nannucci, Maurizio

Creare l'artista creativo
Creare l'artista creativo

Scope and Content Note

Creare l'artista creativo
s.l. : s.n., 1977
White cotton fabric scroll printed over in black letters with the message: "CREARE L'ARTISTA CREATIVO," and attached at both ends to wooden rods. The piece is encased in a galvanized steel box with these words printed in red ink: "MAURIZIO NANNUCCI/CREARE L'ARTISTA CREATIVO/50 COPIE/EXIT EDIZIONI 1977."
Dimensions: 29 x 238 cm (scroll); 7.5 x 34 x 7.5 cm (steel box)
box 201

Nannucci, Maurizio

Medium is Word
Medium is Word

Scope and Content Note

Medium is Word
Rome : Bianconero edizioni d'arte, 1975
Wooden box with sliding top. Inside is kaleidoscope in cloth bag with drawstring. Title and imprint printed on folded sheet placed loosely in box.
Dimensions: 32 x 8 cm
box 201

Nannucci, Maurizio

Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art

Scope and Content Note

Museum of Modern Art
s.l. : s.n., 1983
no. 15/30
Wood box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black, white and red printed label featuring a floor plan for the "museum of modern art" with rooms labeled "brecht," "knowles," "filliou," "vautier," "dietman," "lundberg," "nannucci," and "iannone." Inside there is a key chain labeled "museum of modern art" with two key blanks and a printed card about the piece signed by the artist.
Dimensions: 7.3 x 10.8 x 4.9 cm
box 200

Neuhaus, Max

[Magnetic tape in box]

Scope and Content Note

[Magnetic tape in box]
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1967
 

Part 29 (Olbrich-Ono)

 

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

box 201

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Carrying Out Your Ideas

Scope and Content Note

Carrying Out Your Ideas
s.l. : s.n., undated
Plastic box containing six photographic slides portraying various people and objects posed around a gallery. There are also two beer tickets and a receipt printed with rubber stamps with the message: "carrying out your ideas; images underneath keep moving; thing about this is that there is virtually no limit to; Jürgen O. Olbrich.
Dimensions: 5.2 x 10.6 x 1.7 cm
box 202

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Kunstgartenschau (Art Garden Show)

Scope and Content Note

Kunstgartenschau (Art Gardern Show)
s.l. : s.n., 1980
Archival cardboard box filled with ephemera and documents from an exhibit by many artists marked with the number 34.
Dimensions: 24.2 x 32 x 6.7 cm
box 202

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Kunstgartenschau (Art Garden Show)

Scope and Content Note

Kunstgartenschau (Art Garden Show)
s.l. : s.n., 1981
Archival cardboard box filled with ephemera and documents from an exhibit by many artists marked with the numbers 34 and 81.
Dimensions: 24.2 x 32 x 6.7 cm
box 203

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Kunstgartenschau (Art Garden Show)

Scope and Content Note

Kunstgartenschau (Art Garden Show)
s.l. : s.n., 1982
Archival cardboard box filled with ephemera and documents from an exhibit by many artists marked with the numbers 34 and 1982.
Dimensions: 26.5 x 33 x 12 cm
box 203

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Kunstgartenschau (Art Garden Show)

Scope and Content Note

Kunstgartenschau (Art Garden Show)
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Archival cardboard box filled with ephemera and documents from an exhibit by many artists marked with the numbers 34 and 1983 and an image of a townhouse.
Dimensions: 26.8 x 32.5 x 12 cm
box 200

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

[Letter to JB]

Scope and Content Note

[Letter to JB]
s.l. : s.n., 1984 Letter written on bamboo hanging wall art piece depicting an Asian theme.
box 204

Olbrich, Jürgen O.

Wort-Schutz-Depot
Wort-Schutz-Depot

Scope and Content Note

Wort-Schutz-Depot
[Kassel: Edition Olbrich], 1985
Rough-hewn wood crate printed in black on one side with the words "WORT SCHUTZ DEPOT," topped by a loose lid on the inside of which is attached a list of the contents of the box. Inside are 23 steel plates, each with a word stamped onto one side. The list ascribes each work to an individual artist as follows: Hilfe/Eva-Maria Alves, Papierexil/Hajo Antpöhler, Gegenwart/Klaus Eggemann, Zeit/Heinz Gappmayr, Esther/Jochen Gerz, und/Eugen Gomringer, halbmodern/Wolfgang Hainke, Ruch/Reto Hänny, Zärtlichkeit/Hans Dieter Hüsch, Penis/Jürg Laederach, Zwänge/Laszlo Lakner, dismal/Jürgen O. Olbrich, AU/Pino Poggi, Gischt/Ilma Rakusa, Gleis/Raffael Rheinsberg, Einmannwort/Karl Riha, Sackgasse/Günther Ruch, spat/Konrad Balder Schäuffelen, Fragezeichen/Daniel Spoerri, Licht/Karl Heinz Stockhausen, Staub/Timm Ulrichs, Marie/Franz Josef Weber, Eros/Peter Paul Zahl.
Dimensions: 21 x 24.5 x 20 cm (box); 14 x 10 x .3 cm (steel plates)
box 205

Oldenburg, Claes

False Food Selection
False Food Selection

Scope and Content Note

False Food Selection
New York : Fluxus, 1965
Blue plastic box with label affixed to exterior lid bearing the artist's name. Inside is plastic food placed in three compartments. Included are three biscuits, three petit fours, a pear, a Kaiser roll, and two sunny-side up eggs, with a strip of bacon glued to the interior lid.
Dimensions: 13.5 x 18 x 5 cm
Note: additional eggs housed in separate enclosure.
 

Ono, Yoko

box 205

Ono, Yoko

A Box of Smile
A Box of Smile

Scope and Content Note

A Box of Smile
New York : Fluxus, 1971
Clear plastic box with "A box of smile Y.O. '71" incised into the lid and bottom in gold.
Dimensions: 5.4 x 5.4 x 5.5 cm
Note: two copies, one clear and one black.
box 205

Ono, Yoko (with John Lennon)

Danger Box, Build Around It

Scope and Content Note

Danger Box, Build Around It
s.l. : s.n., 1968
Clear Lucite box with a rear sliding opening. On the front are incised in red and black the following words: "Danger box / Open at own risk / Yoko Ono 1968."
Dimensions: 6.4 x 6.4 x .8 cm
box 205

Ono, Yoko

Footstamps
Footstamps

Scope and Content Note

Footstamps
New York : Fluxus, 1971
Wooden box with label on exterior lid on which is printed an abstract design composed of the letters of the artist's name. Inside are an ink pad, 12 rubber stamps, and a folded sheet of tissue paper demonstrating the stamps. The stamps are foot or paw prints labeled by animal or body part: "foot," "horse," "rat," "bear," etc.
Dimensions: 15 x 20 x 4 cm
Note: Shoshana Wayne Gallery contacted Jan 7, 1998, and via Ono's staff confirmed title, publisher, date, and guessed the edition size at about 15.
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 205

Ono, Yoko

Everson Museum Catalog Box
Everson Museum Catalog Box

Scope and Content Note

Everson Museum Catalog Box
s.l. : s.n., 1971
White wood and leatherette collapsible box that unfolds into several diagonal compartments inside some of which are various items: printed pieces, small white plastic boxes, a glass key. One printed piece is a long text and floor plan entitled "This Is Not Here."
Dimensions: 18.5 x 16 x 15 cm
 

Part 30 (Paeffgen-Pires)

box 206

Paeffgen, C. O. (Claus Otto)

Rost-Nest

Scope and Content Note

Rost-Nest
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, ca. 1969
Nest made of wire mesh, signed by the artist in blue ink on label attached to bottom.
Dimensions: 5 x 14.5 cm (diameter)
 

Paik, Nam June

box 302*

Paik, Nam June

Flux Stalingrad GM

Scope and Content Note

Flux Stalingrad GM
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1980
Box 206A

Paik, Nam June

My Toe is My Best TV

Scope and Content Note

My Toe is My Best TV
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1979
Lightbulb with a black sock attached to its base with a rubber band. Title from accompanying artist's statement.
Dimensions: 22 x 7.5 cm
box 303*

Paik, Nam June

Prepared Typewriter

Scope and Content Note

Prepared Typewriter
s.l. : s.n., 1980
box 206

Paik, Nam June

A Tribute to John Cage

Scope and Content Note

A Tribute to John Cage
Hadano, Japan : Tokuzo Okabe, 1978
no. 46/250
Box containing a deck of playing cards with 52 different headshots of John Cage silkscreened onto the verso of each card. On the verso of the joker card is printed "Nam June Paik / A tribute to John Cage." An additional card has bridge playing instructions on one side and Paik's curriculum vitae on the other.
Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 cm (deck of cards); 15.2 x 12 x 3 cm (box)
 

Patterson, Benjamin

box 207

Patterson, Benjamin

Hooked
Hooked

Scope and Content Note

Hooked
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1980
Plastic tackle box with brown bottom and ecru lid containing 30 lures made from found objects. The lures, attached to which are at least one fishing hook, are made of items such as a red fabric rose, a roll of carmel candies, a paintbrush, a harmonica, a credit card.
Dimensions: 22.2 x 43.5 x 22 cm
box 206

Patterson, Benjamin

Instruction No. 2
Instruction No. 2

Scope and Content Note

Instruction No. 2
s.l. : s.n., 1964
White plastic box with label on exterior lid on which are printed title, author and imprint. Inside is a soap cake in the shape of an orange slice and a paper towel rubber stamped "Please wash your face."
Dimensions: 12 x 10 x 1.4 cm
box 206

Patterson, Benjamin

Poems in Boxes

Scope and Content Note

Poems in Boxes
New York : Fluxus, 1964
Jigsaw puzzle of 21 pieces made from cardboard with collaged text and images on front and back.
Dimensions: 37 x 26 cm
box 206

Pezzatini, Lorenzo

Filo

Scope and Content Note

Filo
s.l. : s.n., 1979
Bundle of knotted twine painted with blue, red, and yellow acrylic.
Dimensions: ca. 8 x 27 x 5 cm
box 206

Pires, Silvio

Poesia King Size

Scope and Content Note

Poesia King Size
s.l. : s.n., undated
White box printed with the title "poesia king size," the artist's name, and other printed stampings and messages, all simulating a cigarette hard pack, and containing poems printed on 20 rolls of brown paper that simulate cigarettes.
Dimensions: 11 x 6 x 2.1 cm
 

Part 31 (Pope-Random)

box 206

Pope, Nicholas and Kevin Mount

Special Vessels
Special Vessels

Scope and Content Note

Special Vessels
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1973
Two small glass bottles with cork toppers nested in a white plastic-formed seat inside a cardboard box labeled with the words: "SPECIAL VESSELS one of an edition of 50 pairs. Langly-Dome Enterprises," and annotated in pencil "sent by John Turnival" and "Nick Pope & Kevin Mount." A small booklet reproducing a series of (miniaturized) letters relating to the production of the pieces also accompanies the objects.
Dimensions: 9.5 x 12.3 x 5 cm (box)
box 208

Raay, Jan van

Scorpions

Scope and Content Note

Scorpions
s.l. : s.n., 1978
Wood box with a detachable lid, both lid and bottom lined with an illustration of an octopus and a screaming mouth. On the inside of the lid there is a glued-on clipping from The New York Times (Jun 1, 1978: "Skokie issues a permit to march to Nazi chief") over which is laid this message in black text: "scorpions left unprotected in the sun will sting themselves to death."
Dimensions: 16.7 x 24.5 x 3.8 cm
 

Random, Steve (aka Randall)

box 208

Random, Steve

[Cardboard box with Apollo and plastic hand grenade]

Scope and Content Note

[Cardboard box with Apollo and plastic hand grenade]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
From fortune cookie series; no. 00002
White cardboard box with a detachable lid on which is attached this printed text: "Treasures from a remarkable survey, sculptures, paintings, drawings, manuscripts, and votive objects, art of New York City, the modern." Signed, with date and time. Inside the box there is a print of Apollo's head, a small, gray plastic toy grenade attached to its forehead.
Dimensions: 4.2 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

[Cardboard box with notes and sketches]

Scope and Content Note

[Cardboard box with notes and sketches]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Light brown cardboard box with detachable lid decorated with rubber stamps and this annotation: "Original (and a copy or two) notes, sketches, etc. used/created for study of my Mail Out Exhibition/Salute to Jean - Random, 9-29-83, 7:05:16 pm." Inside, there are a number of paper items, prints, drawings, and annotations of the artist.
Dimensions: 20 x 14.5 x 3.2 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

[Cardboard box with tissue and marble]

Scope and Content Note

[Cardboard box with tissue and marble]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Cardboard box with a detachable lid covered with tape, postage stamps, and an address label (to Jean Brown, Tyringham, MA.) Inside there is a small toy marble nested between two wads of ordinary facial tissue, one decorated with pink tape strips.
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 5 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

DuChampeigne
DuChampeigne

Scope and Content Note

DuChampeigne
s.l. : s.n., 1982
no. 2/99
Bottle of champagne with two attached labels printed with these messages, respectively: "DuChampeigne [sic], established 1982, 'infra-mince' (drawing of a comb), Fermented in the bottle," and "'3 ou 4 gouttes de hauter [sic] n'ont rien a faire avec la sauvagerie' Marcel Duchamp, #2/99 (illustration of the artist)," signed and dated by the artist.
Dimensions: 32.5 x 8 cm
box 209

Random, Steve

[Envelopes to Marcel Duchamp and George Maciunas]
[Envelopes to Marcel Duchamp and George Maciunas]

Scope and Content Note

[Envelopes to Marcel Duchamp and George Maciunas]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
White card portfolio with a label attached on the outside depicting a blue rubber-stamped image of a seated nude male figure. Inside there are two prints portraying labeled mailer envelopes, marked with various writings, stamps, and collaged objects, addressed to Marcel Duchamp and George Maciunas, respectively.
Dimensions: 39 x 29 x 1.5 cm; 28 x 35.6 cm (prints)
box 208

Random, Steve

In Memoriam of G. Maciunas

Scope and Content Note

In Memoriam of G. Maciunas
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Cash register paper strip printed with a long list of numbers, mostly zeros, and decorated with a rubber stamp black ink illustration titled "IN MEMORIAM OF G. MACIUNAS," signed "for George, Steve, 4-25-83, 7:52:01."
Dimensions: 71 x 4 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

Letter to Jean Brown
Letter to Jean Brown

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Jean Brown
s.l. : s.n., 1986
box 210

Random, Steve

Mirror and Bore/Board Poem
Mirror and Bore/Board Poem

Scope and Content Note

Mirror and Bore/Board Poem
s.l. : s.n., 1980
A piece of quarter inch plywood board with drawings, annotations and collaged items by "Steve Randall," depicting: a checker board, a catalog page featuring various drills, a small plastic pig (or boar), a freight label, dictionary definitions of the words "boar," "board," "Boer," "boor," and "bore," as well as other annotated puns on the concept bore/board. Eye hooks and wiring on one side allow for hanging the piece.
Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 x .5 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

Obviously a Bullet in Board: Version No. 2
Obviously a Bullet in Board: Version No. 2

Scope and Content Note

Obviously a Bullet in Board: Version No. 2
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Solid wood piece with a small rectangular hole chiseled out of the center inside of which there is a small bullet. This is encased behind a clear plastic cover held by four copper screws. On the back there is this manuscript annotation in black ink: "Version #2, obviously a bullet in board. This piece was executed for Jean Brown, upon her project request." Signed and dated (7-7-83, 7:15:23 PM), also instructions for mounting hangers.
Dimensions: 14 x 32.5 x 1.8 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

[Pill box]

Scope and Content Note

[Pill box]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Small plastic bottle (from RR Pharmacy, Inc.) containing small screws with a label attached containing this message: "Steve Randall, 1 tablet every 4 hours if needed for pain - N 100mg."
Dimensions: 6 x 2.2 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

[Pocket with folded papers]

Scope and Content Note

[Pocket with folded papers]
s.l. : s.n., 1984
Tan cloth shirt pocket (with shirt cut off) containing a folded assemblage of various printed papers and a photograph, each glued to another and folded, signed, "For Jean, love Steve, 11-21-84."
Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

Random Sample

Scope and Content Note

Random Sample
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Small plastic bag with a paper label on the inside printed with the words: "RANDOM SAMPLE, Time-, Date-, Location-" and annotated respectively: "7:30:46, 7-7-83, from bulletin board - instructions to build your own - remove these pieces from a board insert bullet + cover w/Plexiglass (use brass screws to secure)" and signed by the artist. The bag contains a small quantity of light wood shavings.
Dimensions: 12 x 8 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

[Rubber band in box]

Scope and Content Note

[Rubber band in box]
s.l. : s.n., 1986
Black cardboard box covered with packing tape, stamped and addressed from the artist to Jean Brown, Tyringham, MA. Inside there is an ordinary rubber band nested in some crumpled pieces of ink-marked tracing papers. This manuscript note appears on the bottom of the box: "Jean, Recorder article quite stupid, eh?"
Dimensions: 11.3 x 14 x 3 cm
box 208

Random, Steve

Sewn Orange of 1976

Scope and Content Note

Sewn Orange of 1976
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Small cardboard box with a detachable lid, rubber stamped and printed with this title: "SEWN ORANGE OF 1976 for JEAN BROWN, (signed) Steve Random, 5-10-'83, 10:09:47 P.M." Inside there is a wedge-like object composed of orange peels (now dry) stitched together with thread.
Dimensions: 7 x 12.5 x 3.5 cm (box); ca. 8 x 5 cm (object)
box 208

Random, Steve

Traveling Item for Jean Brown
Traveling Item for Jean Brown

Scope and Content Note

Traveling Item for Jean Brown
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Small rectangular tin box with a hinged lid (of the kind commercially sold with candy or cough drops) modified with a label attached to the lid printed with a small map of the Tyringham region (MA) and these words: "TRAVELING ITEM for JEAN BROWN ARCHIVE SHAKER SEED HOUSE, TYRINGHAM, MASS . . . random." Inside there is an object composed of wood, clear plastic, and a compass, marked with an arrow ("direction of travel") and ruler points. The verso is signed and dated by the artist.
Dimensions: 6 x 9.5 x 2 cm
 

Part 32 (Ray-Reynolds)

box 211-212

Ray, Man

Abat Jout (Lampshade)

Scope and Content Note

Abat Jout (Lampshade)
Cologne, Germany : Edition MAT, 1964
Collection 64; no. 73/100
Spiral lampshade made of white painted metal. When strung from the ceiling, the shade rotates freely around an exposed light bulb. Black cylinder housed in separate box.
Dimensions: 41 x 25 cm See also Arp, Gerstner, Soto and Talman files.
 

Reynolds, Jock

box 213B

Reynolds, Jock

From the Trenches

Scope and Content Note

From the Trenches
s.l. : s.n., 1984
Cotton bag with a drawstring and a sewn-on label that is addressed to Jean Brown (Tyringham, Massachusetts) from the Washington Project for the Arts, with a cancelled 20-cent United States stamp commemorating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (postmark Dec 22, 1984), and the words "BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE" rubber-stamped on it. The verso of the label is annotated with a pencil note to Jean. Inside there is a business envelope rubber-stamped with the sender's address, enclosing a sheet of paper rubber-stamped "FROM THE TRENCHES" and typed with a fund-raising pitch laced with an anti-war message that references taxes and the Pentagon (cc. Caspar Weinberger), onto which is glued a green plastic toy soldier.
Dimensions: 12 x 17 cm (bag)
box 213

Reynolds, Jock

Great Race Fluxsport
Great Race Fluxsport

Scope and Content Note

Great Race Fluxsport
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Red plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a printed photograph of an open palm holding a stop watch printed with the words: "GREAT RACE FLUXSPORT BY JOCK REYNOLDS" encircling the periphery. Inside there are six small seashells in a row glued to the bottom of the box.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 12 x 1.6 cm
box 213

Reynolds, Jock

Potentially Dangerous Electrical Household Appliances Fluxdevice
Potentially Dangerous Electrical Household Appliances Fluxdevice

Scope and Content Note

Potentially Dangerous Electrical Household Appliances Fluxdevice
s.l. : s.n., 1970
Red plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a printed design of lines, arrows, numbers, and boxes over which are printed the words: "POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES FLUXDEVICE BY JOCK REYNOLDS." Inside there is a small piece of white electrical cord attached on both ends to white wall plugs.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 12 1.6 cm
box 213

Reynolds, Jock

Revealing Fact
Revealing Fact

Scope and Content Note

Revealing Fact
s.l. : s.n., 1970
White plastic box with a hinged lid to which is attached a black and white printed label featuring a printed photograph of a nipple over which are printed the words: "REVEALING FACT . . . HOLD FINGER ON NIPPLE ONE MINUTE XX THEN OPEN BOX & READ A FLUX-TEST BY JOCK REYNOLDS" [sic]. Inside the lid there is a thermometer, the tip coinciding with the underside of the nipple, glued to a white card, divided by a black line and printed with the words: "GOOD PERSON" "BAD PERSON."
Dimensions: 9.2 x 12 1.6 cm
 

Part 33 (Ridder-Roth)

 

Ridder, Willem de

box 213

Ridder, Willem de

Casa Cavalieri Explanationist Arts Portfolio
Casa Cavalieri Explanationist Arts Portfolio
Casa Cavalieri Explanationist Arts Portfolio

Scope and Content Note

Casa Cavalieri Explanationist Arts Portfolio
s.l. : s.n., [1980]
Eight art pieces (five prints, three originals) each in a blue patterned print cardboard frame and encased together in a portfolio of the same board with a label attached to the inside cover printed with the words: "Casa Cavalieri 100% Guaranteed Art (signed) Willem de Ridder music by Nico de Gruiter." This is accompanied by a paper casing in the same board, holding a cassette tape. The outside of the portfolio has a sheet of paper attached to it detailing the instructions: "You are now the owner of a genuine Casa Cavalieri Expansionist Arts Portfolio. This unique collection is expressly made for the cassette that goes with it. Please take the portfolio in front of you and then insert the stereo cassette in your tape recorder. Listen through head phones for best results. Make sure to follow the instructions . . ." etc.
Dimensions: 34 x 25.5 x .5 cm (portfolio); 33.2 x 25.5 x 1.7 cm (paper casing)
box 213

Ridder, Willem de

Paper Fluxwork
Paper Fluxwork

Scope and Content Note

Paper Fluxwork
s.l. : s.n., [ca. 1980s]
Clear plastic box with a paper label attached to the hinged lid printed with a black and white photograph of a paper object incorporating the title and artist's name: "PAPER FLUXWORK by DE RIDDER." Inside there are thirteen white cards printed with various graphic designs and directions for cutting, folding, gluing, etc. or other instructions to follow, each printed with the artist's name.
Dimensions: 9 x 1 x 12 cm
box 214

Gaglione, Rocköla and Bill Gaglione

Ray Johnson Bunny Mask #1 and #2
Ray Johnson Bunny Mask #1 and #2

Scope and Content Note

Ray Johnson Bunny Mask #1 and #2
s.l. : s.n., 1984
White cardboard cutout with a Johnson's signature bunny-like figure stenciled in black ink, attached to a small foam core stick. The verso is rubber stamped and annotated by the artists ("Rockola Twins"). There is one copy by each.
Dimensions: ca. 48 x 24 cm
box 213

Rollins, Tim and Narcisso Arsel

Burning Building Brick

Scope and Content Note

Burning Building Brick
s.l. : s.n., 1981
Red clay brick with a corner chipped off, painted with yellow, black, white, and red tempera to resemble a burning skyscraper. There is a piece of stationery (printed: Jean Brown Archive) annotated in ink with a description of the work.
Dimensions: 20.5 x 9 x 5.5 cm
 

Roth, Dieter

box 213a

Roth, Dieter

Congealed Food Substance [Self-portrait]

Scope and Content Note

Congealed Food Substance [Self-portrait]
Cologne, Germany : Edition art intermedia, 1969
no. 37/100
Chocolate slab on green hardboard, numbered, signed, and dated on verso. Published in 100 copies, originally enclosed in printed plastic enclosures, a contribution to Künstlerpost, Köln: Art Intermedia, 1969. [Title and description details based on exhibition label from 2001 Bremen conference/fair and the item itself.] This copy lacks printing, but is annotated in black ink and crossed over (rendering it illegible). Note: some deterioration has occured and conservation work has been undertaken.
Dimensions: 29.8 x 21.5 x 2.2 cm See also Vostell and Filliou files.
box 216

Roth, Dieter

Literaturwurst (Literature Sausage)

Scope and Content Note

Literaturwurst (Literature Sausage)
s.l. : René Block, 1969
no. 39/50
Brown mass shaped into a cylinder and encased in a plastic wrapper, tied at both ends with twine, resembling a sausage shape. A red and white printed label is attached to the wrapper titled: "Constanze," signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Note: the mass is cracked into two pieces.
Dimensions: ca. 31 x 11 cm
box 313**

Roth, Dieter

Postcard

Scope and Content Note

Postcard
s.l. : s.n., 1969
box 213

Roth, Dieter

Stempelkasten (Rubber Stamp Box)

Scope and Content Note

Stempelkasten (Rubber Stamp Box)
[Stuttgart] : Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1972
no. 81/111
Black cardboard box with a hinged lid containing a dozen rubber stamps and two stamp pads (black and red) with ink re-fill bottles, each nested within a green wooden framework. There are also three sheets of paper printed in blueprint colors with heart shapes and drawings of heads. The inside of the lid is also decorated in this fashion.
Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 6.2 cm
See Box 68A for inked impressions of stamps.
box 248

Roth, Dieter

Taschenzimmer (Pocket Room)
Taschenzimmer (Pocket Room)

Scope and Content Note

Taschenzimmer (Pocket Room)
s.l. : s.n., 1969 Banana slice tacked to stamped paper in a plastic box stored within custom made cardboard box. Dimensions: ca. 10.5 × 7.5 cm
Two copies
 

Part 34 (Rühm-Saito)

 

Rühm, Gerhard

box 213

Rühm, Gerhard

Bleistiftmusik

Scope and Content Note

Bleistiftmusik
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1981
no. 20/80
Pasteboard box with title, artist's name and publisher printed within a drawing of a pencil on exterior lid. Inside box are 20 slides of abstract pencil drawings, with a recording of the sounds made by the pencil during the creation of the drawings. The slides are numbered in pencil from 1 to 20.
Dimensions: 13 x 14 x 4 cm
box 217

Rühm, Gerhard

Voyeurobjekt
Voyeurobjekt

Scope and Content Note

Voyeurobjekt
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1971
Gray cardboard box with a detachable lid on which there is a paper label printed with this title: "GERHARD RÜHM, VOYEUROBJEKT, EDITION HUNDERTMARK." Inside there is a piece of varnished wood on the center of which there is a small round metal object, with a swivel lid that, when opened, reveals a keyhole, through which can be seen a re-composed photographic image of an intimate encounter. The verso contains hardware for hanging, the Edition Hundertmark print mark, and is titled, signed, dated, and numbered by the artist in ink.
Dimensions: 32.3 x 22 x 3 cm (box); 30 x 20 x 1 cm (wood)
box 215

Rufini, Carla

[Untitled assemblage]

Scope and Content Note

[Untitled assemblage]
s.l. : s.n., 1981
Assemblage of textiles, threads, wire, wax, gold leaf, paint, and other materials on a piece of wood fixed with hardware for hanging. Signed and dated ('81) by the artist on the verso.
Dimensions: 34 x 29 cm
 

Saito, Takako

box 305*

Saito, Takako

Buzzer Chair

Scope and Content Note

Buzzer Chair
s.l. : s.n., 1968
box 216

Saito, Takako

Chess Set
Chess Set

Scope and Content Note

Chess Set
s.l. : s.n., undated
no. 29/32
Wood box with a hinged lid that cuts open diagonally, containing a slanted board with 64 drilled shallow indentations on its surface, and a cloth sack filled with 32 small marbles of assorted colors. The game pieces can thus be identified by their color variations. The inside of the lid is signed and numbered by the artist. The lid has an ink line drawing of some twig-like objects. Inside there is also a small sheet of paper with an ink line drawing of a man scratching his head and the words "a chess set" written across the bottom.
Dimensions: 16 x 16.7 x 8 cm
box 213

Saito, Takako

Christmas Dinner

Scope and Content Note

Christmas Dinner
s.l. : s.n., undated
Ordinary white paper plate rubber stamped in blue, green, and red: "CHRISTMAS DINNER HOLD THE PAPER OVER THE FIRE ABOUT 1 FOOT HEIGHT WHEN THE PAPER BECOME BROWN, YOU CAN EAT IT (signed) Taka." A thin sheet of paper accompanies this on which is a faint brown drawing of a crab. (This may have been produced with lemon juice, which dries clear and reappears as brown stain when heated - a rudimentary technique for sending secret messages.)
Dimensions: 15.5 cm in diameter
box 217

Saito, Takako

A Concert on a Beach
A Concert on a Beach

Scope and Content Note

Concert on a Beach
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1979
no. 6/30
Round wood box with a detachable lid on which there is a paper label printed with a line drawing of a face with a mustache and these words: "a concert on a beach, EDITION HUNDERTMARK, TAKAKO SAITO." Inside there is a bag of fine sand (475 grams/1.04 lbs.) and an assortment (six) of plastic whistles and flutes. Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil by the artist.
Dimensions: 21 x 5 cm
box 217

Saito, Takako

Dream

Scope and Content Note

Dream
s.l. : s.n., undated no. 5/35
Small, unvarnished wood box with a hinged lid and rounded corners. An ink line drawing, resembling the bottom ruffles of a curtain surrounds the object inside and out. There is a small copper bell attached to the inside bottom. Numbered, titled, and signed by the artist in ink inside the lid.
Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 7 cm
box 218

Saito, Takako

Games
Games

Scope and Content Note

Games
s.l. : s.n., 1976
no. 101/200
Cardboard portfolio containing 8 different games created by Saito. On the cover of the portfolio is a game in the shape of a human head with the word "Games" stamped above it.
Dimensions: 51 x 35 cm
box 217

Saito, Takako

Untitled (with Dieter Roth's Drawing of Takako)

Scope and Content Note

Untitled (with Dieter Roth's Drawing of Takako)
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1977
Booklets numbered 8/30
Green felt sewn into an envelope with a second inner pocket. The main pocket contains two hand-made (gray, white, and tan) paper books featuring outlines of faces, numbered and signed by the artist. The outer pocket contains two small drawings (one is "a portrait of Takako by Dieter Roth"), a small paper footprint, wood pieces, and a small wood ruler. The envelope is tied with a rainbow colored cloth ribbon.
Dimensions: ca. 11.5 x 17.5 x 2 cm
box 217

Saito, Takako

Grinder Chess

Scope and Content Note

Grinder Chess
s.l. : s.n., 1965-1966
Wood box with a hinged lid and a brass hook latch. The inside of the lid has a label attached printed with a design of a chessboard and the words: "FLUX CHESS." The bottom of the box is a solid piece with 64 holes drilled in eight rows, forming the game board. There are two sets of grinding tools representing the various chess pieces.
Dimensions: 17 x 17 x 7.2 cm
box 217

Saito, Takako

Make 300 Holes with Any Implement: This Is My Gift

Scope and Content Note

Make 300 Holes with Any Implement: This Is My Gift
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1964
Small wood box with a detachable lid. Inside there is a small wood frame, covered on both sides with a piece of paper, one side of which has been punctured with a large hole. On the sides of the frame, there are two rubber stamped messages: "THIS IS MY GIFT," and "MAKE 300 HOLES WITH ANY IMPLEMENT."
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 x 3 cm
box 213

Saito, Takako

1 ~ Unendlich Welten (1 ~ Infinite Worlds)
1 ~ Unendlich Welten (1 ~ Infinite Worlds)

Scope and Content Note

1 ~ Unendlich Welten (1 ~ Infitine Worlds)
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1982
no. 34/40
Cardboard box with a label attached to the lid printed with a design featuring a triangle and a square, the title of the piece in German and English, and the artist's name. Inside there are two steel wire pieces welded into the shapes of a triangle and a square, accompanied by a wax paper envelope containing three small photographs of the pieces in various environments.
Dimensions: 10.5 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
box 304*

Saito, Takako

Rolling Ball Chair

Scope and Content Note

Rolling Ball Chair
s.l. : s.n., 1966
box 219

Saito, Takako

Sound Chess

Scope and Content Note

Sound Chess
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Wood box with detachable lid encasing a chess game made of identical square dark and light wood boxes (comprising the pieces, sixteen per each color). Sealed inside each game piece is a unique assortment of objects that rattle when shaken; the distinctive sound thus determines the value of the piece being played. The lid is lined in pencil to form a grid that serves as the chessboard.
Dimensions: 26.3 x 26.2 x 5 cm
box 216

Saito, Takako

Sound Chess

Scope and Content Note

Sound Chess
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Wood box with sliding lid encasing a chess game made of identical square black and white plastic boxes (comprising the pieces, sixteen per each color) and a series of white plastic frames (creating a board of sixty-four spaces). Sealed inside each game piece is a unique assortment of objects that rattle when shaken; the distinctive sound thus determines the value of the piece being played.
Dimensions: 28.7 x 30.3 x 9 cm
box 217

Saito, Takako

O.t.

Scope and Content Note

O.t.
s.l. : s.n., [1976]
no. 7/27
Small wood box with detachable lid with a découpage of a leaf. Inside there are two small pencil outlines of heads in profile and a grouping of small clear plastic shapes attached to the bottom. Without salt (see Art Games, p. 128 for description and title). The piece is numbered and signed in pencil on the inside of lid by the artist.
Dimensions: 6.8 x 10 x 3.5 cm
box 217

Saito, Takako

Würfelstuhl (Dice Chairs)

Scope and Content Note

Würfelstuhl (Dice Chairs)
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1979
no. 6/75
Small wood box with sliding lid stamped with the title, artist, and publisher. Inside there are three small wood blocks, resembling both small chairs and dice, dice effect created by drilled holes. Each of the blocks rattles when shaken. Numbered and signed by the artist inside the lid.
Dimensions: 5 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm
 

Part 35 (Salwen)

box 219

Salwen, Linda

Rare Archeological Fined [sic]
Rare Archeological Fined [sic]

Scope and Content Note

Rare Archeological Fined [sic]
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Paper and cardboard box with a hinged lid and markings for a Chinese product ("Jientsin, China," "super nourishment, nourriture superbe," five Chinese characters) refashioned with brown cloth, black tape, and paper labels. The label on the lid is typed with these words: "RARE ARCHEOLOGICAL FINED. excavated out of the Salwen bathroom sink drain Sept 19, 1983." Inside there are several used plastic items (toothbrush, toothpaste cap, razor blade covers, adhesive bandage, etc.) some soiled with hair and dirt. These are laid out on the cloth for display. There are two labels attached to the bottom of the box, typed and rubber-stamped: "Made by: LINDA SALWEN High Falls, NY," and "Gallerist: Postal Flow West P.O. Box 5001 Mill Valley, CA 94942," respectively. Along with the box is a paper wrapper marked in black ink "For the Jean Brown Archive with love from Kenneth Mane."
Dimensions: 11 x 22.5 x 3.5 cm
 

Part 36 (Schäuffelen-Sharits)

 

Schäuffelen, Konrad Balder

box 221

Schäuffelen, Konrad Balder

Exploding Galaxy

Scope and Content Note

Exploding Galaxy
s.l. : s.n., 1975
no. 4/20
box 219-220

Schäuffelen, Konrad Balder

Zettelspiess

Scope and Content Note

Zettelspiess
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, ca. 1965-1972
Box with a hinged lid fashioned out of white foam core and clear tape. The lid contains printed red label that reads: "VICE VERSAND ZETTELSPIESS von K.B. Schäuffelen." Housed in Box 219.
Dimensions: 26 x 33.5 x 6 cm
Note: formerly titled Zeitelspiess An ordinary office desk paper spike (Zettelspiess in German) on a black enameled stand, stacked with square bits of paper with text printed on them, arranged in a circular fashion so as to create a cylinder shape. The artist's initials are etched on the surface of the base. Housed in Box 220.
Dimensions: 19 x 8 cm; 3.5 x 3.5 cm (paper pieces)
 

Schmidt, Alan

box 220

Schmidt, Alan

[Collage in blue frame]

Scope and Content Note

[Collage in blue frame]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Framed collage composed of magazine, comic's illustrations, and a piece of fur on white paper, mounted on board and signed by the artist. Hardware and wire for hanging on the verso.
Dimensions: 35 x 25.8 x 2.5 cm
box 222

Schmidt, Alan

Piano Key

Scope and Content Note

Piano Key
s.l. : s.n., 1978
Wood and plastic/ivory fragment from a piano keyboard inscribed in ink on two sides: "FOR JEAN NALA" and "PIANO KEY FROM ALAN SCHMIDT'S REALIZATION (IN MEMORIAM) OF GEORGE MACIUNAS 'PIANO PERCUSSION CONCERTO,' DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS 2 NOV, 1978."
Dimensions: ca. 44 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
 

Schmit, Tomas

box 220

Schmit, Tomas

NVEX & NCAV & CO.

Scope and Content Note

NVEX & NCAV & CO.
s.l. : s.n., 1973
Wood box with a lid on the inside of which is attached a label printed with the title of the piece and a listing of its contents, numbered and signed by the artist. The box is fitted to accommodate several items: a clear glass bottle ringed with several colored rubber bands, a white cloth drawn over with red stripes, two paper film strips titled "CONCAVE" and "CONVEX," respectively and featuring a human hand in motion, and 10 drawings (in pencil, colored pencil, ink, and typescript), some of which illustrate, caption, or relate to the objects (one caption reads: "there is some way to decide if the beer fits into the bottle or if the bottle fits around the beer.")
Dimensions: 31.5 x 18 x 12 cm
box 219

Schmit, Tomas

Publisher's Set

Scope and Content Note

Publisher's Set
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Miniature dark red slip case box embossed with the author and title on the spine, containing a cardboard box with sliding lid, a label attached to the top with this typed message: "tomas schmit's PUBLISHER'S SET (to the third-grade-reader)." The box contains many sets of perforated gummed labels typed with messages, some arranged in the manner of concrete poetry, such as "this label doesn't sound, doesn't smell, and doesn't move," "in a few seconds you'll turn away your eyes from this label," and "on this label you see twelve different words of the English language." A small folded sheet of paper typed with further instructions accompanies these. Note: the lid is tearing along the upper edge.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 3.5 x 6.2 cm; 4 x 7 cm (label)
box 219

Schmit, Tomas

Tischtheater
Tischtheater

Scope and Content Note

Tischtheater
s.l. : s.n., 1968
Cardboard box and lid printed with the title of the piece: "tomas schmit's TISCHTHEATER." A paper label attached to the inside of the lid describes the contents of the piece in German as: 78 game pieces and five boards for "consciousness-satisfaction." The box contains five folding (cloth-hinged) white cardboard panels printed on both sides with texts and diagrams arranged in the manner of concrete poetry, comprising a total of ten numbered "tischtheaters" (table theaters) that instruct or stimulate the reader through a series of intellectual gymnastics.
Dimensions: 16.5 x 32.5 x 2.7 cm; ca. 31.5 x 31.5 cm (panel)
box 225

Schneemann, Carolee

ABC - We Print Anything - In The Cards

Scope and Content Note

ABC - We Print Anything - In The Cards
s.l. : s.n., 1977
31/151
Box made of board covered in blue cloth, with a hinged lid and open front panel, tied together with a purple ribbon. The lid is printed with silver letters: "-A-B-C- carolee schneemann." Inside there is large stack of cards (7.7 x 12.1 cm) printed with images and text such as "quote from friends," or "from dreams & diaries," "collected from March to November 1976." Signed and numbered by the artist on the first card.
Dimensions: 9 x 13.5 x 9.2 cm
box 220

Schwegler, Fritz

4 Effeschiadenstücke zum Glücke

Scope and Content Note

4 Effeschiadenstücke zum Glücke
s.l. : Edition Hundertmark, 1972
Gray cardboard box with a label attached to the lid printed with these words: "Fritz Schwegler, 4 Effeschiadenstücke zum Glücke, 19. Karton, Edition Hundertmark." Inside there are four objects: an oversized pencil with a chiseled tip, a glass tube attached to a black board, an L-shaped, double-headed arrow made of particle board, and a round self-adhesive sticker printed with a black image of the arrow and writing. Each piece is accompanied by a sheet of paper that illustrates and provides hand-written information related to the object. Two copies of the postcard illustrating and announcing the piece are included.
Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 x 4 cm (box); ca. 29.7 x 21 cm (paper)
box 219

Sharits, Paul

Flux Wall Poem
Flux Wall Poem

Scope and Content Note

Flux Wall Poem
s.l. : s.n., [ca. 1966]
Clear plastic box with a paper label attached to the hinged lid printed with the title and artist's name. Inside there are six double-sided small, hole-punched cards printed with the text "WORD ONE," "WORD TWO," "WORD THREE," etc. on each of the total of twelve faces.
Dimensions: 9 x 1 x 12 cm (box); 7 x 6.6 cm (card)
 

Part 37 (Sheehan-Shiomi)

box 219

Sheehan, Maura

Red Painting
Red Painting

Scope and Content Note

Red Painting
s.l. : s.n., 1981
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid containing two color photographs annotated in black ink on the back. One, a long-shot of a run-down building with a long series of broken windows, is marked: "In the shadow of the Helmsley-Spear Bldg, on the banks of the Hudson 24th St & West Side Hwy SHEEHAN 9-81." The other, a close-up of a woman (Sheehan?) painting one of the broken windowpanes with red paint, is marked: "Rember [sic] Peter, A building with no imperfect part & a building with no perfect part! Maura."
Dimensions: 9 x 1 x 12 cm (box); 9 x 11.6 cm (photograph)
box 225

Shein, Keith

Word Events
Word Events

Scope and Content Note

Word Events
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Clear plastic stand displaying a small collection of cards each printed with words and text, attached to the object with two metal rings.
Dimensions: 16 x 14.5 x 10.5 cm; 10 x 12.6 cm (cards)
box 224

Shemi, Yehiel

Opened Box with Object Inside

Scope and Content Note

Opened Box with Object Inside
s.l. : s.n., 1982
White wood frame containing artwork composed of brown paint and pencil on brown paper, signed and dated by the artist. A printed review of the artist and a section of brown felt accompany the piece. The piece contains hardware for hanging.
Dimensions: 36.7 x 36.7 x 5.5 cm; 25.7 x 26 cm (artwork)
 

Shiomi, Mieko

box 225

Shiomi, Mieko

Balance Poem

Scope and Content Note

Balance Poem
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1973
Set of six works composed of red paper on which are collaged white pieces of paper with typed words or phrases, and black silhouettes of a stylized balance, each in a distinctive arrangement hung from the balance, individually titled ("BALANCE POEM 1," "BALANCE POEM 2," etc.), framed in white card stock and signed on the verso. The set is encased in a red envelope.
Dimensions: 20 x 27.5 cm (each)
box 225

Shiomi, Mieko

Endless Box

Scope and Content Note

Endless Box
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Wood box with a detachable lid containing a transparent purple cloth marked in ink on one corner with the title "Endless Box, C. Shiomi 1965." Enveloped in the cloth is a white cardboard box containing a series of concentric boxes, each nested inside the other, down to a miniature box.
Dimensions: 15 x 15.5 x 8 cm (wood box); 13 x 13 x 6.5 cm (cardboard box)
box 219

Shiomi, Mieko

Events and Games

Scope and Content Note

Events and Games
s.l. : s.n., 1964
Plastic box with a hinged lid containing a crumpled photograph of a woman (the artist?) and 14 cards of various sizes, each printed in English on the recto (black on white), and Japanese on the verso (white on black) with instructions for playing various games, written in the manner of concrete poetry such as: "SHADOW PIECE Make shadows - still or moving - of your body or something on the road, wall, floor or anything else. Catch the shadows by some means. Chieko [Mieko] Shiomi, 1963."
Dimensions: 13 x 18 x 3 cm
box 225

Shiomi, Mieko

Lyric Suite

Scope and Content Note

Lyric Suite
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1973
Set of six works composed of blue paper on which are collaged white pieces of paper with typed words, phrases, or musical notations, each in a distinctive arrangement emulating music individually titled ("NOCTURNE," "HIDE-AND-SEEK," "INTERMEZZO," "PROJECTION," "SCHERZO," and "COUNTERPOINT), framed in white card stock and signed on the verso. The set is encased in a blue envelope.
Dimensions: 20 x 27.5 cm (each)
box 225

Shiomi, Mieko

Spatial Poem No. 1
Spatial Poem No. 1

Scope and Content Note

Spatial Poem No. 1
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid and a bottom covered with a thin, cork map of the world on which are placed a large number of pins with paper flags. The flags contain printed texts.
Dimensions: 22 x 33.3 x 5.8 cm
In separate container: Cardboard box with a detachable lid containing some paper items. The lid originally has a printed label attached to it (now housed inside the box) containing a "Spatial poem no. 1. word event." This box may have originally housed the flags.
Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.3 x 3.2 cm
box 223

Shiomi, Mieko

Spatial Poem No. 3
Spatial Poem No. 3

Scope and Content Note

Spatial Poem No. 3
s.l. : s.n., 1968
Two sets of printed calendar pages, one housed loose inside a wood box with a hinged lid and metal clasp, the other bolted into book form on a strap of leather.
Dimensions: 13.2 x 40 x 3 cm (combined piece); 14 x 10.8 cm (pages)
box 219

Shiomi, Mieko

Spatial Poem No. 4
Spatial Poem No. 4

Scope and Content Note

Spatial Poem No. 4
s.l. : s.n., 1973
White plastic box with a hinged lid containing a roll of microfilm mounted on a miniature green plastic viewer. The film depicts various documents and art works. A small card is laid on the lid printed with the title of the piece and the artist's name. One of the copies is subtitled "a fluxmovie."
Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm Two copies.
box 219

Shiomi, Mieko

Water Music

Scope and Content Note

Water Music
s.l. : s.n., 1964
Small glass bottle filled halfway with water. A small label printed for it depicts a human figure pouring liquid into its mouth and the words: "WATER MUSIC BY CHIEKO [Mieko] SHIOMI 1. GIVE THE WATER STILL FORM 2. LET THE WATER LOSE ITS STILL FORM. FLUXWATER."
Dimensions: 12.5 x 4 x 2 cm
 

Part 38 (Spera-Tanglewood)

box 225

Spera, Stephen

Homage á Duchamp

Scope and Content Note

Homage á Duchamp
s.l. : s.n., 1982
Framed photograph of Duchamp fashioned out of foamboard, glue, plastic, and gold paint. The verso is inscribed: "for Jean Brown with love Summer 82 Stephen Spera."
Dimensions: 15 x 11.3 x 1 cm
box 226

Soto, Jesús Rafael

The Little Villanueva Box

Scope and Content Note

The Little Villanueva Box
s.l. : Edition MAT, 1964
Collection 64
Wood frame painted black encasing three pieces of clear plastic, each printed with black or white lines seen through each other forming a square design. There is a paper label printed with "Edition Mat - Collection 64," signed by the artist, attached to the top surface.
Dimensions: 31.8 x 31.8 x 15.6 cm See also Arp, Gerstner, Man Ray and Talman files.
box 227

Souza, Al

Photoworks: Have a Productive Day

Scope and Content Note

Photoworks: Have a Productive Day
s.l. : s.n., 1977-1979
Wood box with a hinged, framed-glass lid with a brass latch inside of which there are nine wishbones (poultry bones) mounted onto the back board with wiring, each dated with month, day, and year in rubber stamps. The verso is also stamped: "APR 17 1977; AL SOUZA; PHOTOWORKS; HAVE A PRODUCTIVE DAY."
Dimensions: 28 x 22.7 x 6.2 cm
box 225

Spector, Buzz

Memories
Memories

Scope and Content Note

Memories
s.l. : s.n., 1976
Set of twelve colored pencils in a slip over cardboard sleeve, each pencil embossed in gold lettering with phrases composed by the artist. A label attached to the set contains this printed message: "MEMORIES, The pencils each carry lines from a poem, which you may construct according to my arrangement, or in any way which appeals to your own sensibilities. ©Copyright 1976, Buzz Spector." Accompanying the work is a strip of paper printed with the words/phrases of the pencils (e.g. "memories," " the same conversation," "those moments of," etc.). There are two slightly different editions of this piece. The second set is in a plastic bag.
Dimensions: 4.5 x 19.2 x 1.2 cm (box)
box 227

Spoerri, Daniel

Dokumente Documents Documenti zu Krims-Krams Magie
Dokumente Documents Documenti zu Krims-Krams Magie

Scope and Content Note

Dokumente Documents Documenti zu Krims-Krams Magie
[Hamburg : Merlin Verlag], 1971
German: "Garbage bag, protect from humidity and fire." Cardboard box with a hinged lid printed in dark brown ink with the title of the piece. Inside there are two pieces. One is an oval piece of particle board with a glued assemblage of discarded objects painted over with black paint and varnishes. The second is a green portfolio with green reptile-patterned paper covers embossed with this lettering: "Daniel Spoerri; Dokumente Documents Documenti; zu Krims-Krams Magie; Merlin Verlag." Inside this are various prints, booklets and other paper items generally associated with garbage art.
Dimensions: 29.2 x 22.2 x 12.2 cm (box); 26 x 20 cm (oval piece); 27.5 X 20.5 cm (green portfolio)
box 227

Staeck, Klaus

Wir setzen uns durch
Wir setzen uns durch

Scope and Content Note

Wir setzen uns durch
s.l. : s.n., 1969
German: "we get our way; we prevail." Wood plaque with a hole drilled at the top for hanging the piece. A metal set of "brass knuckles" has been embedded onto the wood and a purple ink rubber stamp with the words: "sieg heil" in Fraktur typeface. The verso is titled, dated, and signed in pencil by the artist.
Dimensions: 21 x 11 x 6 cm
box 227

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Scope and Content Note

Concrete Poetry: Invitation
s.l. : s.n., 1971
Pink and white peppermint candy roll with a paper label attached, printed in blue ink with these words: ? Concrete Poetry; You are invited to; an international exhibition of visual and sound poetry; organized by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Arts Council 1971; [etc.] Piece is wrapped in cellophane.
Dimensions: 19 x 2.5 cm
[Image not available.]
box 306*

Talman, Paul

Objekt [or] Kugelbild (Ball Image)

Scope and Content Note

Objekt [or] Kugelbild (Ball Image)
s.l. : Edition MAT, 1964 25 painted table-tennis balls mounted between two Plexiglas panels.
See also Arp, Gerstner, Man Ray and Soto files.
box 229

Tanglewood Press

7 Objects in a Box

Scope and Content Note

7 Objects in a Box
s.l. : Tanglewood Press, undated
Wood box with a detachable lid, rubber stamped with a red, round design containing the title of the piece: "7 OBJECTS IN A BOX," and on the bottom: "TANGLEWOOD PRESS, INC." Inside there is a typed note that reads: "SEVEN OBJECTS IN A BOX.... is a collection of seven original sculptural objects by seven artists, packed in a pedestal-crate. The edition is 75, plus 25 special sets preserved for the artists and their collaborators. Each object is numbered and signed by the artist. - Published by Tanglewood Press, Inc. and manufactured by Knickerbocker Machine & Foundry, Inc. under the direct supervision of the artists." Accompanying this are seven miniature black-and-white photographs of works by the following artists: Allan D. Arcangelo/Side-view mirror, Jim Dine/Rainbow Fawcet, Roy Lichtenstein/Sunrise, Claes Oldenburg/Baked potato, George Segal/Chicken, Andy Warhol/Kiss, Tom Wesselmann/Little nude.
Dimensions: 6 x 8.6 x 2 cm; 4.7 x 7.1 cm (photograph) Two copies
 

Part 39 (Tavenner-Truck)

box 228

Tavenner, Patricia

Four Years
Four Years

Scope and Content Note

Four Years
s.l. : s.n., undated
Cardboard box with a hinged lid labeled with collaged color photocopies, and along the edge with the words: "FOUR YEARS, & MORE, COLLECTORS, COPY," and the word "BOOKS" rubber-stamped throughout. Inside there are collections of the artist's postcards, and other work, as well as an issue of Mail Order Art, 1(4), (Oakland, California, 1972.)
Dimensions: 25 x 37.3 x 6.4 cm
box 229

Taylor, Heather

Sound Piece #2

Scope and Content Note

Sound Piece #2
s.l. : s.n., 1983
Watercolor featuring a clump of stones and debris next to which a small plastic bag is attached containing several of the painted items (stones and debris), signed, titled, and dated by the artist. The work is enclosed in a clear plastic frame. A color Polaroid photograph of a red rose on a ladder by the side of a house is taped to the back of the frame.
Dimensions: 28.5 x 36 x 2.4 cm (framed)
 

Thomkins, André

box 229

Thomkins, André

dogmat-mot

Scope and Content Note

dogmat-mot
s.l. : Edition MAT MOT, 1965
[61/100]
Pressboard box covered in black paper and fashioned to open in one piece as a case with a printed label on its spine with these words: édition MAT MOT: andré thomkins: dogmat-mot." The inside lid is labeled with a printed description of the piece in German, French, and English: "DOGMAT MOT is a polyglot machine with 120 words [in the three languages, so that] 10 hexagonal cards, each with 12 words, pivot on a plane and form phrases in three directions on the hexagonal roof . . . the resultant 2, 3 and 4-word phrases are 'mobile dogmas.'" The box portion contains a removable cardboard piece with the ten pivoting hexagonal cards as described, arranged in an overlapping triangular pattern. Note: this is number 61 of 111 copies (numbered and signed) of which 100 were sold commercially.
Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 3.8 cm
box 229

Thomkins, André

Zahnschutz gegen Gummiparagraphen

Scope and Content Note

Zahnschutz gegen Gummiparagraphen
Remscheid, Germany: Vice-Versand, 1968
Cardboard box with a rubber stamped message on the bottom: "VICE-VERSAND W. FEELISCH 563 REMSCHEID 1 FICHTENSTR. 63 - POSTFACH 343." The box contains a flat strip of red rubber with holes and slits where three rubber bands are attached to it and the title of the piece rubber stamped on it, signed and dated by the artist.
Dimensions: 8 x 11 x 2 cm; 5.5. x 11.5 cm (rubber)
box 229

Tót, Endre

I Am Glad If I Can Stamp

Scope and Content Note

I Am Glad If I Can Stamp
s.l. : s.n., undated
Woman's undergarment (panties) printed on the crotch with a round rubber stamped image of a woman (the artist?) surrounded by the words: I AM GLAD IF I CAN STAMP Endre Tót." The garment is signed in ink by the artist.
Dimensions: ca. 29 x 31 cm
box 229

Tóth, Gábor

I Don't Make Art to You For Fear That You Will Like It!
I Don't Make Art to You For Fear That You Will Like It!

Scope and Content Note

I Don't Make Art to You For Fear That You Will Like It!
[Budapest] : s.n., 1980
White paper printed with the words: "I DONT MAKE ART TO YOU FOR FEAR THAT YOU WILL LIKE IT!" [sic], enclosed in a wooden frame and glass. The verso is inscribed in green ink: "with many thanks and kind regards to Jean Brown from Gabor Toth 21/7/1980 Budapest."
Dimensions: 12 x 16.5 x 2 cm (framed)
box 229

Trova, Ernest

Kaleidoscope

Scope and Content Note

Kaleidoscope
New York : Museum of Modern Art, undated
Dark blue cardboard and plastic kaleidoscope marked: "The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., kaleidoscope designed by Trova" and featuring a repeating silhouette pattern of a nude human figure. The moving pieces, viewable through the peephole, also reflect this same figure in both black and white silhouettes, along with other small objects and plastic shapes in red, blue, and green such as circles, push pins, and the letter "E."
Dimensions: 21.8 x 5.3 cm
 

Truck, Fred

box 231-232

Truck, Fred

Catalog of Trash & Refuse: The Des Moines Festival of the Avant-Garde
Catalog of Trash & Refuse: The Des Moines Festival of the Avant-Garde

Scope and Content Note

Catalog of Trash & Refuse: The Des Moines Festival of the Avant-Garde
s.l. : s.n., undated
Includes bags 28, 45, 47, 52, 54, 64, 67 (air filter), 73. Manuscripts of contents listing and photos housed in a separate box.
box 307*

Truck, Fred

The Development of Signs in Space

Scope and Content Note

The Development of Signs in Space
s.l. : s.n., 1981
No. 1
box 229

Truck, Fred

The Logos Box

Scope and Content Note

The Logos Box
s.l. : s.n., undated
Clear plastic box with a hinged lid inside of which are six compartments containing various items: a yellow push pin and a magnet, a twisted copper wire, a strip of metallic paper, plastic rings joined to two yellow balls [partly unglued], a rolled strip of film depicting various drawings, and a strip of paper with brief, typed descriptions of the objects.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 11.5 x 3 cm
box 229

Truck, Fred

[T-shirts]
[T-shirts]

Scope and Content Note

[T-shirts]
s.l. : s.n., ca. early 1980s
Two t-shirts printed with messages. One shirt reads: "The Performance Bank $O £O 0¢," the other: "The Des Moines Festival of the Avant-garde"; housed with them is a small plastic bottle fashioned to appear to have two-ends with lids [but has since come unglued].
Dimensions: ca. 65 x 65 cm (shirts); 8.5 cm (tall, bottle)
box 234

Truck, Fred and Bolon Dzacab

Loops!

Scope and Content Note

Loops!
s.l. : s.n., 1978
 

Part 40 (Tupitsyn-Vautier)

box 230

Tupitsyn, Victor

Mr. No. 'I': The Last of Pushkin's Casket
Mr. No. 'I': The Last of Pushkin's Casket

Scope and Content Note

Mr. No. "I": The Last of Pushkin's Casket
s.l. : s.n., undated
box 233

Valoch, Jiří

Durchschaubar

Scope and Content Note

Durchschaubar
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1969
 

Vautier, Ben

box 233

Vautier, Ben

ART-ABC
ART-ABC

Scope and Content Note

ART-ABC
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, [1984]
no. 20/20 A black metal plate with white magnetic letters and a paper with ten examples.
box 229

Vautier, Ben

Scope and Content Note

Flux Missing Card Deck
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1967
White plastic box with a paper label attached to the hinged lid printed with a woodcut-like image of a dark figure holding a fanned group of cards that feature the words: "FLUX MISSING CARD DECK BY BEN VAUTIER 1966." Inside there is a standard deck of playing cards.
Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm
[No image available.]
box 233

Vautier, Ben

A Flux Suicide Kit
A Flux Suicide Kit

Scope and Content Note

A Flux Suicide Kit
s.l. : s.n., 1967 Plastic box with label, containing objects in various media.
box 233

Vautier, Ben

Fluxbox Containing God

Scope and Content Note

Fluxbox Containing God
s.l. : s.n., 1965? Plastic box with label sealed with glue.
box 229

Vautier, Ben

Fluxholes
Fluxholes

Scope and Content Note

Fluxholes
s.l. : s.n., 1964
Blue plastic box with a paper label attached to the hinged lid printed with a close-up photographic image of human buttocks on the center of which are printed in white letters: "FLUX HOLES GATHERED BY BEN VAUTIER." Inside there is a collection of black plastic tubes, of various sizes, loosely nested together, one inside the other, into five groupings.
Dimensions: 9.3 x 11.7 x 3.3 cm
box 229

Vautier, Ben

Fluxholes
Fluxholes

Scope and Content Note

Fluxholes
s.l. : s.n., 1964
2nd version
Clear plastic box with a paper label attached to the hinged lid printed with a close-up photographic image of human buttocks on the center of which are printed in white letters: "FLUX HOLES GATHERED BY BEN VAUTIER." Inside there is a collection of white plastic tubes (drinking straws), of approximately the same length, laid out flat, filling the entire surface of the box.
Dimensions: 9 x 12 x 1.3 cm 2 copies
box 233

Vautier, Ben

Horizontal Line - Vertical Line

Scope and Content Note

Horizontal Line - Vertical Line
s.l. : s.n., 1969
Typographically printed paper cards, each hole punched, and white string on paper.
box 233

Vautier, Ben

I Ben Drank Wine in 20 Glasses: This Was the 19th

Scope and Content Note

I Ben Drank Wine in 20 Glasses: This Was the 19th
Berlin, Germany : Edition Hundertmark, 1971
no. 19/20
Housed in 2 separate boxes.
box 229

Vautier, Ben

Total Art Match-Box

Scope and Content Note

Total Art Match-Box
s.l. : s.n., 1965
Small box of wooden matches to which a paper label has been attached printed with this message: "TOTAL ART MATCH-BOX - USE THESE MATCHES TO DESTROY ALL ART - MUSEUMS ART LIBRARY'S [sic] - READY - MADES POP - ART AND AS I BEN SIGNED EVERYTHING WORK OF ART - BURN - ANYTHING WORK OF ART - BURN - ANYTHING - KEEP LAST MATCH FOR THIS MATCH -.
Dimensions: 3.5 x 5.3 x 1.3 cm
box 229

Vautier, Ben

Total Art Poetry
Total Art Poetry

Scope and Content Note

Total Art Poetry
s.l. : s.n., undated
Clear and red plastic box with a paper label attached to the hinged lid printed with a photographic image of a vehicle on which are painted many words in white letters, the largest of which are these: "TEATRE DART TOTAL." Inside there is a collection of white cards printed with messages about art or creating, of which a typical example is this: "THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL ART IS ART TOO PLEASE TEAR THIS UP (BEN 1963)."
Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 1.3 cm; ca. 6.5 x 6.5 cm (cards)
box 229

Vautier, Ben

Tout ce qui est autour de cette ligne est poésie

Scope and Content Note

Tout ce qui est autour de cette ligne est poésie
s.l. : s.n., undated
Black plastic sheet marked in white paint with a circular shape joined at the bottom by the name "Ben" and encircling the handwritten words: "tout ce qui est autour de cette ligne est poesie."
Dimensions: 24 x 28 x .2 cm
 

Part 41 (Vostell-Wada)

 

Vostell, Wolf

box 234

Vostell, Wolf

Künstlerpost

Scope and Content Note

Künstlerpost
Cologne, Germany : Edition Galerie art intermedia, 1969 A part of eight multiples by different artists, including Beuys, Brecht, Filliou, and Roth. See also Filliou and Roth files.
box 234

Vostell, Wolf

Dé-coll/age-happenings

Scope and Content Note

Dé-coll/age-happenings
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Inscribed (bottom): Michael Silverton Jan '68.
box 234

Vostell, Wolf

2 Dé-coll/age-happenings

Scope and Content Note

2 Dé-coll/age-happenings
s.l. : René Block, 1965 no. 36/150
box 315**

Vostell, Wolf

Maszstab: Leben ist Kunst

Scope and Content Note

Maszstab: Leben ist Kunst
s.l. : Edition Howeg, [1971] no. 55/100
 

Wada, Yoshimasa

box 233

Wada, Yoshimasa

Smoke Fluxkit
Smoke Fluxkit

Scope and Content Note

Smoke Fluxkit
s.l. : s.n., 1969 Plastic box containing various items.
box 233

Wada, Yoshimasa

Smoke Fluxkit
Smoke Fluxkit

Scope and Content Note

Smoke Fluxkit
s.l. : s.n., 1969 Plastic box containing various items.
 

Part 42 (Wall-Watts)

 

Wall, Beriah

box 233

Wall, Beriah

Plaster Walls

Scope and Content Note

Plaster Walls
s.l. : s.n., 1979
box 233

Wall, Beriah

Plaster Walls

Scope and Content Note

Plaster Walls
s.l. : s.n., 1982
box 234

Wall, Beriah

[Stone object with subway token]

Scope and Content Note

[Stone object with subway token]
s.l. : s.n., undated
box 233

Walther, Franz Erhard

Find a Purpose for the Pocket

Scope and Content Note

Find a Purpose for the Pocket
Remscheid, Germany: Vice-Versand, ca. 1969
no. 17
 

Watts, Robert

box 235

Watts, Robert

Baseball

Scope and Content Note

Baseball
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1968-1980
With Watts's signature of Jasper Johns.
box 233

Watts, Robert

Bread Slice

Scope and Content Note

Bread Slice
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1965-1975
box 316**

Watts, Robert

Crossed Nude Legs Tablecloth

Scope and Content Note

Crossed Nude Legs Tablecloth
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1973
box 233

Watts, Robert

Dollar Bills

Scope and Content Note

Dollar Bills
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1962
box 240

Watts, Robert

Dollar Bills in Wood Chest

Scope and Content Note

Dollar Bills in Wood Chest
s.l. : s.n., 1975
box 233

Watts, Robert

[Early works produced for Yam Festival]

Scope and Content Note

[Early works produced for Yam Festival]
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1962
Four items.
box 235

Watts, Robert

Events
Events

Scope and Content Note

Events
s.l. : s.n., 1964
Red plastic box containing printed cards.
box 235

Watts, Robert

Events
Events

Scope and Content Note

Events
s.l. : s.n., 1969
White plastic box containing printed cards.
Box 236A-236B

Watts, Robert

Favorite Baseball Team

Scope and Content Note

Favorite Baseball Team
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1968-1980 Box 236A contains original Plexiglas case for baseball balls.
box 237

Watts, Robert

Fingerprint
Fingerprint

Scope and Content Note

Fingerprint
s.l. : s.n., 1965 Plastic box with label, containing plaster with ink.
box 239

Watts, Robert

Flux Light Kit

Scope and Content Note

Flux Light Kit
s.l. : s.n., undated
Installed in Shaker Seed House Ceiling by Maciunas.
.
box 241

Watts, Robert

Flux Rock Marked by Volume in cc
Flux Rock Marked by Volume in cc

Scope and Content Note

Flux Rock Marked by Volume in cc
s.l. : s.n., 1964 Plastic box with label, containing rock.
box 237

Watts, Robert

Flux Timekit
Flux Timekit

Scope and Content Note

Flux Timekit
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Plastic box with label, containing mixed media objects such as matches, and springs.
box 237

Watts, Robert

Flux Timekit

Scope and Content Note

Flux Timekit
s.l. : s.n., 1966
Plastic box with label, containing objects in various media.
box 237

Watts, Robert

A Flux Atlas
A Flux Atlas

Scope and Content Note

A Flux Atlas
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Plastic box with label, containing seven cards and seven rocks.
box 237

Watts, Robert

A Flux Atlas
A Flux Atlas

Scope and Content Note

A Flux Atlas
s.l. : s.n., 1972
Plastic box with label, containing 16 cards and 16 rocks.
box 235

Watts, Robert

Fluxsand Hide and Seek
Fluxsand Hide and Seek

Scope and Content Note

Fluxsand Hide and Seek
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1966 Plastic box with label, containing sand and objects in various media.
box 235

Watts, Robert

Geography
Geography

Scope and Content Note

Geography
s.l. : s.n., 1964
box 238

Watts, Robert

Lathe Cut Record

Scope and Content Note

Lathe Cut Record
s.l. : s.n., undated
box 235

Watts, Robert

Light Flux Kit

Scope and Content Note

Light Flux Kit
s.l. : s.n., 1972
box 235

Watts, Robert

Pearl Necklace

Scope and Content Note

Pearl Necklace
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1963-1965
box 235

Watts, Robert

Soap

Scope and Content Note

Soap
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1963-1973
Two copies, one in yellow, the other in green.
box 235

Watts, Robert

S.O.S.
S.O.S.

Scope and Content Note

S.O.S.
s.l. : s.n., 1976 S.O.S. consists of two slim bound volumes that are entirely blank, except for a preface in each.
box 236

Watts, Robert

Stamp Machine No. 3
Stamp Machine No. 3

Scope and Content Note

Stamp Machine No. 3
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1973
 

Part 43 (EMPTY)

 

Part 44 (Welch-Yamasaki)

box 237

Welch, Chuck (aka the Cracker Jack Kid)

Castings from the Cracker Jack Kid Navel Academy

Scope and Content Note

Castings from the Cracker Jack Kid Navel Academy
s.l. : s.n., 1985
box 237

Weseler, Günter

Objekt für Atemtraining

Scope and Content Note

Objekt für Atemtraining
Remscheid, Germany : Vice-Versand, ca. 1969
no. 71
box 237

Wewerka, Stefan

Kleiderbügel

Scope and Content Note

Kleiderbügel
s.l. : s.n., 1969
box 237

Williams, Emmett

P-Nut Power

Scope and Content Note

P-Nut Power
s.l. : s.n., 1976
Kit made by a manufacturer for growing a peanut plant. Possibly sent to Jean Brown as a gift.
box 241

Wyllie, George

Bullion

Scope and Content Note

Bullion
s.l. : s.n., 1982
box 237

Yamasaki, Reiko

Wood Block

Scope and Content Note

Wood Block
s.l. : s.n., undated
 

Part 45 (Unidentified)

box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Add water]
s.l. : s.n., ca. 1970
[Peter Frank sent this to Jean Brown when he was working at Castelli. Frank does not remember the artist.]
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Book with cricket]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 241

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Chinese art view master 3-D viewing system]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Housed in two separate boxes.
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Chinese firecracker]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Cigar box containing acrylic plastic box and two marbles]
s.l. : s.n., 1983?
Signature indistinct.
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Cowbell]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Doll glued to bolt]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Doll's left leg]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

[Fluxdollar]

Scope and Content Note

[Fluxdollar]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Note: original bill was used to make photocopies at the Flux banquet May 2, 1976, See Series I., Maciunas Fluxus ephemera for photocopies signed by many participants.
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Free Leaf]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Images an into]
s.l. : s.n., undated
A small Taylor Merchant view, with empty slide mounts, one pierced with a nail. Also folded sheet with photocopied image of piece of film, with title "Images an into." [No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Lime]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Rubber band.
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Mini playing cards in linen pouch]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[N.E.W.S. forecast]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[O oculo mágico ou caleidoscópio de amor]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Orange clouds]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 244

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Paper flag]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Jopa Eiskrem.
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Plastic pocket handkerchief]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 247

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Plexi chess board]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Popsicle stick in bag]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Prime time]
s.l. : s.n., undated
T-shirt.
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Ruler]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 246

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Un serie us work too]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 241

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Sound machine]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Saint Augustine's Confessions used as a base.
[No image available.]
box 242

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Synchron]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 245

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Two chrome frames with red string]
s.l. : s.n., undated
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Miscellaneous]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Metal enclosure, feather and piece of wood (broken piece from a box?).
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Miscellaneous]
s.l. : s.n., undated
Spanish doll, knobs and screws.
[No image available.]
box 243

Unidentified

Scope and Content Note

[Miscellaneous]
s.l. : s.n., undated and 1951
Includes two Donald Duck figures, matchbook, paint brush, crayons, pencil, gyroscope, keychain, 1951 lucky penny.
[No image available.]
 

Series VII. Audio visual materials, 1965-1987, undated

Selected digitized audio recordings (available on-site only)

Physical Description: ca. 5 Linear Feet (10 boxes: 81 sound cassette tapes, 12 reel-to-reel audiotapes, 4 films and 2 videos)

Scope and Content Note

Series includes 81 sound cassette tapes, 12 reel-to-reel audiotapes, 4 films and 2 videos. The audio recordings are primarily of new music, poetry readings and lectures, some of which are homemade or were recorded live. Recordings include a lecture by Marcel Duchamp, works by John Cage and Opal Nations, homemade cassettes by Klaus Groh, a film by Joseph Beuys and a video by the Gerlovins (Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin) comprising clips of Brown in her home with Fluxus objects. Titles were transcribed from the labels or housing of the original media items.
Repository numbered sound cassettes C1-C81, reel-to-reel audiotapes R1-R12, films F-F4, and videos V1-V2. Only reformatted items are available to researchers. Reformatted generations are described below but shelved elsewhere. Online access to selected digitized audio recordings  is available to on-site readers and Getty staff.
 

Sound cassettes

box 249

A-CHE

 

C1-C2 - Abart von Künstlern (Kaprow, Paik, Vostell, Saree, Albrecht D., Toche u. Hendricks), undated

Scope and Content Note

2 sound cassettes of 2.
Side 2 of one cassette is labeled "Albrecht D. Endless music."
 

C3 - Acrobat. Acrobat Modus Anniversarius. Data Pete Horobin, 37 Union Street, Dundee., undated

Scope and Content Note

Cover reads "Acrobat Live."
1 sound cassette.
 

C4 - Antin, David. The Principle of Fit (2). Wash., D.C.: Watershed Intermedia, 1979

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C5 - De Appel. De Appel No. 3 (Cornelissen et. al.). Amsterdam, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C6 - Art Beat. Holland, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C7-C8 - Audiozine nos. 4-5. La Mamelle. No. 5 (C8) cover reads "Community Art Radio L. Nimmer," 1977

Scope and Content Note

The tape no. 5 consists of random commercials.
2 sound cassettes.
 

C9-C12 - Banana, Anna. Bananaology, undated

Scope and Content Note

4 sound cassettes of 4.
 

C13 - Böhmler, Claus. Fernsehen nächste Woche vom 4. 9. bis 10. 9. Köln: Edition Hundertmark, 1982

Scope and Content Note

Book and cassette, Aufl.80. (Repository's copy is signed, no. 16/80, book is missing).
1 sound cassette.
 

C14 - Cage, John. Mureau. Hattingen: S. Press, tape no. 14, 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C15 - Cage, John. Songbooks. Performance at Banff Art Centre, 1983 December 3

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C16 - Cassetten Radio. Hannover, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C17 - Die Chefs. Die Chefs Live am 30.12.81 mit - im Berliner risiko, 1981 December 30

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
box 250

CHO-E

 

C18 - Chopin, Henri. Audiopoems, . Köln: Edition Hundertmark. Signed, no. 31/200, 1956-1980

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette. Original.
Includes inserted program printed on white paper, signed by Chopin.
1 sound cassette. Archival master.
1 sound disc (CD). Copy master.
1 sound disc (CD). Use copy. Plus copy 2 (1 CD).
 

C19 - Claire, Paula. The Paxton Group with Paula Claire, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes 4 inserts by Claire.
1 sound cassette.
 

C20 - Club Moral. C.M. Live in the Country. Antwerpen: Club Moral, ca. 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C21 - Cornelissen, Johan. JC VE J NYC. Amsterdam: Void editions, 1984

Scope and Content Note

Insert signed by Martha Hawley and Hetty Huisman.
1 sound cassette.
 

C22 - Corner, Philip. New Wilderness Audiographics. New York: New Wilderness, (7701A) and (7701B), 1981-1982

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette, two copies.
 

C23 - Curtay, Jean-Paul. Excerpts of Works, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (90 min.). Original.
Side A: Jean Paul Curtay: Anthology; Side B: Curtay continued, inprovisations, Dolby B.
Insert: "Jean-Paul Curtay, Anthology of Abstract Poetry."
2 sound cassettes of 2 (90 min.). Archival master.
2 sound discs (CD) (90 min.). Copy master.
2 sound discs (CD) (90 min.). Use copy. Plus copy 2 (2 CDs).
 

C24 - Curtay, Jean-Paul. Anthology of Abstract Poetry/Improvisation, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C25 - Damen, Herman. Verbosonies. Brescia: Edizioni Amodulo, Collana poesia sonora/no. 4, signed, no. 29/100, 1970

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C26 - Döring, Stefan and Sascha Anderson. Ich fühle mich in Grenzen wohl, undated

C26 - Döring, Stefan and Sascha Anderson. Ich fühle mich in Grenzen wohl (digitized version available on-site only)

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C27-C29 - Duchamp, Marcel lecturing/speaking, undated

Scope and Content Note

3 sound cassettes of 3.
3 home-made tapes, one of which is also marked Huelsenbeck.
 

C30 - Duke, Jas. H. Sound Poems by Jas Duke for Jean Brown, 1980 July

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C31 - Equinox Event. Produktion, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette. Includes booklet.
 

C32 - Experimental Art Foundation. Produced by Tim Potter, Radio 5UV, Adelaide, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
box 251

F-MAC

 

C33 - Fox, Terry. Recorthings 3. Exit & Exempla, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C34 - Groh, Klaus. Radio-Sounds. Five Towers Micro Hall Center, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C35 - Groh, Klaus. Chance Music with Computer. Five Towers Micro Hall Center, 1985

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C36 - Groh, Klaus. Sound Works/Radio Sounds, 1985

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C37 - Gruppo 70. Poemi tecnologici. Brescia: Edizioni Amodulo, Collana poesia sonora/n.3., 1971

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C38 - Higgins, Dick. Recorthings 5. Exit & Exempla, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C39 - Higgins, Dick and Emmett Williams. Plug: An acid novel, ; Voicespondence 03, 1968, Spring 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C40 - Hitchcock, Steve. Wedding at the Dada Festival, La Mesa, Calif., 1977 February 19

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C41 - Huisman, Hetty and David Zack. Problems in visualizing identity/or how to name it anyway. Void, 1978

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C42 - Inderhees, Carlo; Matthias Gassert and Lothar Fiedler. Untitled cassette, 1986

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C43 - Knowles, Alison. New Wilderness Audiographics. New York: New Wilderness, (7712A) 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C44 - Kosugi, Takehisa. Melodien. Berlin: Galerie Giannozzo, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C45 - Lax, Robert. Circus of the Sun, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C46 - Lax, Robert. From the notebooks: Readings by Robert Lax, 1985

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C47 - Lax, Robert. Recorthings 1. Exit & Exempla, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C48 - Lettrist Poetry, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C49 - Maciunas Kwartet. YoplaBoum. Eindhoven: Apollohuis, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C50 - Mac Low, Jackson. New Wilderness Audiographic. New York: New Wilderness (7705A), 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
box 252

MAC-RI

 

C51 - Mac Low, Jackson. New Wilderness. New York: New Wilderness (7705B), 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C52 - McCaffery, Steve. Research on the Mouth. Underwhich Audiographic Series, no. 26/100, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C53 - Media-Space (A. Vizents, et. al). Australia, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C54 - Mizelle, Dary John and Giancinto Scelsi, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
Home-made copy tape?
 

C55 - Morandi, Emilio (?). Morandi Conspiracy. Flash/Hsalf, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C56 - Morrow, Charlie. New Wilderness Audiographic. New York: New Wilderness, 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette, two copies.
(7706A and 7706C)
 

C57 - Olbrich, Jürgen O. The letter by Jürgen O. Olbich. Realized by Performance Bank, 1981 October 11

 

C58 - Panhuysen, Paul. Eschenau Summer Press Publikatios, no. 72/75, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
Side A: Clock. Side B: Spider with Johan Goedhart.
 

C59 - Porter, Bern and Bob Holman. Recorthings 2. Exit & Exempla, 1982

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C60 - Quarrell, Richard. London: Audio Arts, 1974

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
Side 1: Four sums with the same answer.
 

C61 - Radovanovic, Vladan. The Eternal Lake. Five Towers Micro Hall Center, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C62 - Random, Steve. Time Piece for Jean, 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C63 - Ridder, Willem de. Radio Active Sound Works. Radio Cadilac no. 8 and The Amsterdam Walk, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 253

RO-W; Brown family

 

C64 - Roth, Dieter, Harmonica curse, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C65 - Rothenberg, Jerome. New Wilderness Audiographics. New York: New Wilderness, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
(7707A)
 

C66 - Sarenco. Political Poems. Brescia: Edizioni Amodulo, signed, no. 71/100. Collana poesia sonora/n.2, 1970

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C67 - Sarenco-Verdi A.I.P.S. Ensemble. San Remando. Verona, Edizioni Factotum-Art. Factotum Disco no. 1, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C68 - Schwartz, Kit. Adrian into Cooper, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C69 - Sch...(?). "Reitende Pferde...," undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C70 - Shabtay, Michal. L'odalisque mècanique. Time Based Arts Cassette, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C71 - Sterhckombo. Live at De Doelen in Rotterdam, 1987

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C72-C73 - Tellus, The Audio Cassette Magazine no. 1, no. 7, 1983, 1985

Scope and Content Note

2 sound cassettes.
 

C74 - Themerson, Stefan; Paul Evans; Bill Griffiths. Supranormal Cassettes no. 3, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C75 - Trux: Trax 0983 - Anthems 2, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C76 - Vree, Paul de. Poemi audio-visuali. Brescia: Edizioni Amodulo, signed, no. 88/100. Collana poesia sonora/n.1., 1970

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C77 - Voicespondence. The Telephone Issue: on the line with..., Fall 1976

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C78 - Wada, Yoshimasa. Die konsonanten Pfeifen II. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
 

C79 - Brown Family meeting, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
Blank. Not reformatted.
 

C80 - Brown meeting: Children, 1978 May 2

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (30 min.).
Tape labelled on Side 2: "Brown meeting children."
1 sound cassette (30 min.). Archival master.
1 sound disc (CD) (30 min.). Copy master, plus copy 2 (1 CD).
1 sound disc (CD) (30 min.). Use copy, plus copy 2 (1 CD).
 

C81 - Children / Claire song, interview, 1978 May 2

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
Tape labelled on Side 2: "Children 5/2/78; Claire song interview." Inserts written by cataloger: "Tyringham, Claire's song (3 Drummer boys), Interview with Jon" and "Side 1 includes recording of Walton's Facade."
1 sound cassette (30 min.). Archival master.
1 sound disc (CD) (30 min.). Copy master, plus copy 2 (1 CD).
1 sound disc (CD) (30 min.). Use copy, plus copy 2 (1 CD).
box 254

C84 - Dufrêne, François. Oeuvre désintégrale. Antwerp: Guy Schraenen Editeur, 1976

Scope and Content Note

3 sound cassettes of 3 (ea. 60 min., 180 min. total) Original.
Each cassette includes detailed program on coral paper.
3 sound cassettes of 3 (180 min.). Archival master.
3 sound discs of 3 (180 min.). Copy master.
3 sound discs of 3 (180 min.). Use copy. Plus copy 2 (3 CDs).
box 254

C85 - Welch, Chuck (aka the Cracker Jack Kit): NetBOOKwork Ch.2 and JackZack Overture. Recorded Boston, 1985 February

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette.
box 255

Reel-to-reel audiotapes

 

R1 - Cage, John. Indeterminacy. (from Ed Hill), undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 5 in.
 

R2 - Cage, John. John Cage talking to Hans G. Helms about music and politics. S. Press, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 5 in.
 

R3 - Cage, John. Mureau. Hattingen: S. Press, tape no. 14, 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 5 in.
 

R4 - Groh, Klaus. Gespraeche mit Arne (8 jahre). Edition Galerie Howeg, ca. 1971

Scope and Content Note

2 signed copies of liner notes, one is no. 7/50 and other is 11/50.
1 sound tape reel : 7 in.
 

R5 - Mizelle, Dary John. Reading Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate. Airtake WOBC, Oberlin College, 1978 February 26

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 7 in.
 

R6a-R6b - Knowles, Alison. Big book, undated

 

R6a - Big Book recording

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel of 1 : 5 in.
 

R6b - Dick Higgins (?) discussing Alison Knowles's Big Book project

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel of 1 : 3 in.
 

R7 - Knowles, Alison. House of dust, 1970 February 18

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 7 in.
 

R8 - Lora-Totino, A[rrigo]. Fonemi, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 5 in.
 

R9 - Mustain, Gordon. Interview with Leonard Brown regarding Vietnam Combat, Gallimaufry. undated

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 7 in.
 

R10 - Nations, Opal. Opal L. Nations reads his own work. KPFA, California, Apr 12, 19??

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 7 in.
 

R11-R13 - Nations, Opal. Recorded at 'A' Space Gallery, Toronto, undated

Scope and Content Note

3 sound tape reels of 3 : 7 in.
 

R14 - Riley, Terry. Poppy Nogoods all Night Flight (The First Ascent). Performed live at the Philadelphia College of Art, 1967 November 17

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 5 in.
 

R15 - Young, La Monte. Excerpt from "Drift Study 4:37:40-5:09:50 5 VIII 68", 1968

Scope and Content Note

1 sound tape reel : 5 in.
box 256

Films and videos

 

F1a-b - Beuys, Joseph, Der Tisch. Vice Versand, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Signed by Anatol, Joachim Duckwitz, Ulrich Meister, Johannes Stüttgen and Beuys.
F1-a = film portion: 1 film reel (Super 8). Original.
F1-b = audio portion: 1 sound tape reel (97 min., 52 sec.) : mono. ; 7 in., 1/4 in. Original.
F1-b: 2 sound tape reels of 2 (59 min., 18 sec.; 37 min. 57 sec.) : mono. ; 7.5 ips, 1/4 in. Archival master.
F1-b: 2 compact discs (CD) of 2 (59 min., 18 sec.; 37 min. 57 sec.) : mono. Copy master.
F1-b: 2 compact discs (CD) of 2 (59 min., 18 sec.; 37 min. 57 sec.) : mono. Use copy.
F1-a: 1 video cassette (Betacam SP) (24 min., 49 sec.) : silent. Archival master.
F1-a: 1 video cassette (Digital Betacam) (24 min., 49 sec.) : silent. Copy master.
F1-a/b: 1 video cassette (Digital Betacam)(97 min., 52 sec.) : mono. Composite (audio and film). Copy master.
F1-a: 1 videocassette (VHS) (24 min. 49 sec.): silent. Use copy.
F1-a/b: 1 video cassette (VHS) (97 min., 52 sec.): mono., Composite (audio and film). Use copy.
 

F2 - Sharits, Paul, Word Movie,, printed 1966 December 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 film reel (16 mm.) (3 min. 48 sec.) : mono. ; 7 in. reel. Original.
1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (3 min. 48 sec.) : mono. Archival master.
1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (3 min. 48 sec.) : mono. Copy master.
1 videocassette (VHS) (3 min. 48 sec.) : mono. Use copy.
 

F3 - Toth, Gabor, FILM, 1979?

Scope and Content Note

1 film reel (16 mm) (1 min., 5 sec.) : silent, b&w. ; 3 5/8 in. reel.
With letter dated 1979.
1 videocassette (Betacam SP)(1 min., 5 sec.) : silent, b&w. Archival master.
1 videocassette (Digital Betacam)(1 min., 5 sec.) : silent, b&w. Copy master.
1 videocassette (VHS)(1 min., 5 sec.) : silent, b&w. Use copy.
 

F4 - Vautier, Ben, Fluxfilms 1963-70 , ca. 1971?

Scope and Content Note

1 film reel (8 mm.) (22 min., 26 sec.): silent ; col. ; 7 in. reel. Original. [4 films on reel]
Labelled "Reel no. 2."
1 videocassette (Betacam SP)(22 min., 26 sec.): silent ; col. Archival master.
1 videocassette (Digital Betacam)(22 min., 26 sec.): silent ; col. Copy master.
1 videocassette (VHS)(22 min., 26 sec.): silent ; col. Use copy.
 

V1 - The Gerlovins [Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin and Mark Bloch, Not Jean Brown,] ca. 1985, ca. 1987

Scope and Content Note

1 videocassette (VHS) (15 min., 30 sec.) : mono. ; col. Original.
1 videocassette (BetaSP) (15 min., 30 sec.) : mono. ; col. Archival master.
1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (15 min., 30 sec.) : mono. ; col. Copy master.
1 videocassette (VHS) (15 min., 30 sec.) : mono. ; col. Use copy.
 

V2 - Tom Phillips, 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 videocassette (VHS).
Label on tape: "Tom Phillips, 11.80"; label on case: "Cine Magnetics Video, Tom Phillips..."
1 videocassette (BetaSP). Archival master.
1 videocassette (Digital Betacam). Copy master.
1 videocassette (VHS). Use copy.
 

Series VIII. Correspondence with Bernard Karpel and miscellaneous notes, 1958-1973, undated

Physical Description: .20 Linear Feet (1 box)

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence predominantly comprises letters received from Bernard Karpel (1911-1986), bibliographer and chief librarian of the Museum of Modern Art from 1942 to 1973. The letters, largely addressed to Jean, relate chiefly to the development and provenance of Brown's collection of Dada, Surrealist, and Fluxus art documentation. Some letters are accompanied by invoices. The material also contains holiday greetings and family news from both Karpel and his wife, Ray. Additionally, several letters from Brown to Karpel are present, as are letters from Brown's son Jonathan and the Brown family's legal counsel pertaining to Karpel's involvement with the collection. Also included are index cards containing bibliographic notes and auction clippings.
This material was received in 2016 from the family of Jean Brown and is cataloged under the accession number 2016.M.14.
box 2016.M.14, folder 1

1958, 1960-1968

box 2016.M.14, folder 2

1970-1973

box 2016.M.14, folder 3

Undated

box 2016.M.14, folder 3

Bibliographic cards