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.
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 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.
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 22
Andrews, Bruce,
1978-1980,
undated
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 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
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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 13
Blaine, Julien [DOC(K)S]
Scope and Content Note
See also DOC(K)S file.
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 29
Bread and Puppet Theatre (Peter Schumann)
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 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 16
Brus, Günter
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 257*.
flatfile 5**
Buczak, Brian
Scope and Content Note
18 drawings.
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 45
Carrega, Ugo
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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
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.
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 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
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, 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 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 10
Crane, Mike,
1977-1979,
undated
box 10, folder 11
Creative Thing,
1983, undated
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
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 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)
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 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 11, folder 32
Delvaux, Paul,
1965-1981,
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 5
Diacono, Mario,
1977-1978,
undated
box 12, folder 6
Diamantini, Chiara,
1976-1979,
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 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
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
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 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
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.
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 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 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 9
Espinosa, Cesar (Colectivo 3),
1981-1984
box 14, folder 11
Esposto, Arnaldo,
1982-1985
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 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
box 15, folder 10
Fagioli, Luigi,
1981-1983,
undated
box 15, folder 11
Fahlström, Öyvind,
1965, undated
box 15, folder 13
Ferguson, Frank,
1975-1978
box 15, folder 14
Ferrando, Bartolomé (Grupo Texto Poético),
1977-1979,
undated
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**.
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 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 15-16
Fischer, Hervé
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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
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 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.
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 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
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 21, folder 6-7
Gaglione, Bill (Dadaland and Vile, Banana)
Scope and Content Note
Mostly mail art; see also Box 64.
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.
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 13-14
Gibbs, Michael (Kontexts)
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and works from contributors.
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 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 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*.
Hambleton, Richard (aka R. Dick Trace-It)
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 24, folder 1-2
Harley (Francis II)
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and mail art. See also Box 263*.
box 24, folder 7
Hausmann, Raoul
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 267*.
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 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*.
box 25, folder 2
Heubach, Friedrich Wolfram
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 25, folder 23-24
Hocks, Paula
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 258*.
box 25, folder 26
Hoffberg, Judith (
Umbrella)
box 25, folder 29
Holzer, Jenny
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 263*.
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 4-6
Horn, Stu (Northwest Mounted Valise/Library of Art)
Scope and Content Note
Mail art.
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 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 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, 321
Image Bank (Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov [aka Mr. Peanut])
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and mail art.
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 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 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 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 37
Jones, Joe
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 259*.
box 28, folder 4
Jupitter-Larsen, Gerald Xe
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 264*, folder 4
Kempton, Karl
Scope and Content Note
Four "Typoglifs" posters, signed, no. 12/43 and announcement.
box 28, folder 21
Khouri, Omar
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 28, 321
King, Roland
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 259*.
box 28, folder 28
Kirkeby, Per
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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 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 43-45
Köpcke, Arthur
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies of "In memoriam envelope." See also Series VI.
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.
flatfile 19**
Kriwet, Ferdinand
Scope and Content Note
Two print portfolios.
box 29, folder 15
Kubota, Shigeko
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 29, folder 19
Kusama, Yayoi
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 264*.
box 29, folder 37
La Rose (Stephen Harlow and Gillian Garro)
box 29, folder 27
Lai, Maria
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 29, folder 30-32
Lane, Brian (Gallery Number Ten)
Scope and Content Note
Includes chapbooks, programs, announcements.
box 29, folder 35
Larcombe, Sam and Claudia
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 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 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 16
LeWitt, Sol
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 259*; Box 264.
box 30, folder 19
Lloyd, Ginny
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 65.
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 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 10
Magritte, René
Scope and Content Note
Announcements.
box 32, folder 14-15
Malloy, Judy
Scope and Content Note
Includes booklets and other works. See also Series VI.
box 32, folder 17
Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso
box 32, 319*
Marroquin, Raul
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 259*.
box 32, folder 26
Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián
Scope and Content Note
Announcements.
box 32, folder 28
Mayer, Hansjörg
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 264*.
box 33, folder 8-11
Mew, Tommy
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts, announcements and invitations.
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 23
Miralda, Antoni
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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 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 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 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 37, folder 26
N.E. Thing Co. Ltd. (Iain Baxter)
box 35, folder 42
Nada Farm Museum of Archetypes
box 36, folder 1
Nannucci, Maurizio
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 259*, Box 267, Roll 7**.
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 27
Neuhaus, Max
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 259*.
box 37, folder 29
New Arcadians (Patrick Eyres, Ian Gardner, Grahame Jones)
Scope and Content Note
Chapbooks.
box 37, folder 37
Nitsch, Hermann
Scope and Content Note
See also flat file folder 21**.
box 38, folder 4
Nutzle, Futzie
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 259*; flat file folder 21**.
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 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.
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 13-14
Oliveros, Pauline
Scope and Content Note
Announcements, articles, and bio.
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.
flatfile 31**
Oppenheim, Dennis
Scope and Content Note
11 posters.
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 22
Parasol Press
Scope and Content Note
See also *Box 259.
box 39, folder 23
Partum, Andrzej (Bureau de la Poésie)
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 9-10
Peli, Romano and Michaela Versari
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and mail art.
flatfile 34**
Perin, Romaine
Scope and Content Note
Portfolio of eight drawings.
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 28-29
Pezzatini, Lorenzo
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 268*.
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 270*
Picard, Lil
Scope and Content Note
Collage painted, 1975, signed and framed.
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, 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 4-5
Prillaman, Jerry
Scope and Content Note
Mostly booklets.
box 44, folder 10
Raay, Jan van
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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 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 25
Reynolds, Jock
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 44, folder 29-30
Riddle, James
Scope and Content Note
Works, including
Seeds.
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 45, folder 12-13
Rosenberg, Marilyn
Scope and Content Note
Mail art, proofs of her work, and chapbooks.
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 22
Rowlandson, Thomas
Scope and Content Note
Print: Dr. Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre, 1815.
box 45, folder 24
Rufini, Carla
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 45, folder 26-28
Rutzky, Ivy Sky
Scope and Content Note
Handmade cards.
box 46, folder 2
Saito, Takako
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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 11-12
Schmidt, Angelika and Jürgen
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 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 32
Selenitsch, Alex
Scope and Content Note
See also Roll 6**.
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 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 19
Smithson, Robert
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 261*.
box 314**
Smithson, Robert
Scope and Content Note
Framed poster.
box 47, folder 22-23
Sondheim, Alan
Scope and Content Note
Mostly poetry.
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 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.
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 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 7
Staeck, Klaus
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 49, folder 10-14
Stake, Chuck
Scope and Content Note
Mail art, .25 lin. ft.
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 29
Studentski Kulturni Centar
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 261*.
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 10-11
Tearle, Mel
Scope and Content Note
Mostly mail art.
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 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 26-27
Todorović, Miroljub
Scope and Content Note
Signalist poetry material.
box 50, folder 33
Toronto Research Group (Steve McCaffery, bp Nichol, et al.)
Scope and Content Note
Includes chapbooks.
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 42
Trans-parent Teachers Inc.
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 17
Tupitsyn, Rita and Victor
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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 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.
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 53, folder 2-3
Valoch, Jiří
Scope and Content Note
Poetry in many formats. See also Series VI.
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, 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 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 54, folder 9
Wada, Yoshimasa
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 54, folder 11
Wall, Beriah
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
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 22
Welch, Chuck/Cracker Jack Kid
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 261*.
box 54, folder 27
Wewerka, Stefan
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 271*.
box 54, folder 35-36
Wielgosz, Andrzej
Scope and Content Note
Mostly booklets and some correspondence.
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 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 16
World Imitation Productions
box 56, folder 17
Wyllie, George
Scope and Content Note
See also Series VI.
box 56, folder 19
Xenakis, Constantin and Iannis
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 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 35
Zeller, Ludwig and Susana Wald
box 56, folder 37
Zinc, Ruta (aka Nat Dean)
box 57
Zurbrugg, Nicholas
Scope and Content Note
Artist's magazine
Stereo Headphones, Nos. 8-10,
proofs and paste-ups.
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.
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).
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 262*, folder 3
F
Scope and Content Note
Includes Erró "Mecanismo - Mecanifeste," Albert Fine (?) poster, and Ken Friedman
poster.
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 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 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 266*, folder 7
W-Z
Scope and Content Note
Includes Robert Watts poster, Diane Wakoski's
Dream
sheet
(1965).
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*
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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
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 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*.
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*.
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 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 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
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 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**.
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*.
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 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*.
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 277*, folder 8
Hunter Gallery
Scope and Content Note
Four items.
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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*.
box 84, folder 3
Stephen Radich Gallery, New York City
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 281*.
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
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*.
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
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 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.
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 3
Australia
Scope and Content Note
See also flat file folder 50**.
box 88, folder 4
Belgium
Scope and Content Note
See also flat file folder 50**.
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 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 88, folder 14-19
Germany
Scope and Content Note
Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Münich and misc.; ca. .25 lin. ft.
flatfile 52**
Germany
Scope and Content Note
Cities B-H.
flatfile 53**
Germany
Scope and Content Note
Cities K-S.
box 89, folder 3-13
Italy
Scope and Content Note
Bologna, Firenze, Genova, Milan, Naples, Rome, Torino and misc.; ca. .66 lin.
ft.
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 90, folder 3-7
United Kingdom
Scope and Content Note
London and misc.; ca. .25 lin. ft. See also flat file folder 55**.
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.
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.
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 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 279*, folder 9
USA-Massachusetts, New York State, Pennsylvania
box 283*, folder 14
USA-Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
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).
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 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 14
1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes catalog in binder from Reinhold-Brown Gallery for The Dada Poster.
box 94, folder 16
Dada, Bonn,
1980
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, announcements of Dada events in Bonn, Germany.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
box 102, folder 1-23
Small presses, P miscellaneous-UN
box 103, folder 1-8
Small presses, U miscellaneous-Z, unidentified
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
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 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.
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
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.
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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)
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.]
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)
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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.]
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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)
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)
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.