Excreta Fluxorum
1973
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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.
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