Smile Flux Machine for Yoko Ono
1970
Artists
Description
Plastic box with 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 (ironically) be used to force lips into a smile.
Dimensions
box: 9.3 x 12 x 3.2 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/4 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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