Excreta Fluxorum
1973
Artists
Description
Excreta Fluxorum seems to have been one of Maciunas' favorite works, existing as it does in several different versions. Except for the single sample included in Flux Yearbox 2, this is the smallest. Others include a version with 24 specimens, one with 36, and one with 34. Barbara Moore has recalls that Maciunas often had all sorts of animal droppings "curing" on top of the large furnace in the basement of 80 Wooster St. The contents of the Fogg version are remarkably similar to those of the version in the collection of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth University.
Dimensions
box: 9.3 x 12 x 2.5 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 in.)
Provenance
Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.
Related Artworks
View More
Wooden box containing printed matter, photographs, and assorted objects
20th centuryAmericanPlastic box with offset-printed label, containing 12 metal keys
20th centuryAmericanTransparent plastic box with offset-printed label, containing cleaning materials
20th centuryAmerican18 printed cards in plastic box with printed label
20th centuryAmericanPlastic box containing microfilm, plastic hand viewer, and printed/typed card
20th centuryAmericanPlastic box with offset-printed label, cont. plastic, styrofoam, paper objects
20th centuryAmericanCardboard box containing pop-out snake and confetti printed with the title
20th centuryAmericanClear plastic box with offset-printed label containing various objects
20th centuryAmericanRed plastic box with offset-printed label containing two snail shells
20th centuryAmericanMetal-hinged wooden box containing 68 metal and paper "flags" pinned to a world map hand-drawn on the inside of the box.
20th centuryAmerican