M26403: Communists Must Give Revolutionary Leadership in Culture

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26403

People

Henry Flynt, American (Greensboro, NC born 1940)
George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by World View Publishers, American
Fluxus, American

Title

Communists Must Give Revolutionary Leadership in Culture

Classification

Prints

Work Type

artist's book

Date

1965

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/19232

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Two folded, offset-printed sheets held between styrofoam slab and plastic sheet

Technique

Photolithograph

Dimensions

15 x 23 x 3 cm (5 7/8 x 9 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

S. 137

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

M26403

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Jon Hendricks, Fluxus Codex, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), pp.250-1

Exhibition History

• Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007

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