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Metal-hinged wooden box containing metal and paper "flags" pinned to a world map hand-drawn on the inside of the box.

The wooden box has, on both sides, a map of the continents in outlines, on the left, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, on the right, North and South America. Rectangular slips of paper with printed text are attached to pins with white heads. The pins are clustered on the upper side of the map to the left, single pins are dotted on the right edge. A thick cluster of flags are placed in the upper right of the right side of the box. A printed label is in the lower left corner of the right side.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26472
People
Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi, Japanese (Okayama, Japan born 1938)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Spatial Poem No. 1: Word Event
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple
Date
1965
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29632

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metal-hinged wooden box containing 68 metal and paper "flags" pinned to a world map hand-drawn on the inside of the box.
Technique
Mixed technique
Dimensions
25 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (9 13/16 x 19 3/4 x 1 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

State
i/?
Standard Reference Number
variant of S.<410.I

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
M26472
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/10/2019 - 10/04/2021

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