Events and Games
MultiplesAmerican20th century

Events and Games

c. 1965

Artists

Mieko (Chieko) ShiomiArtist
George MaciunasDesigner
Willem de RidderPublisher
FluxusAlternative attribution

Description

This version of Shiomi's Events and Games is the one produced by Willem de Ridder for the European Fluxshop in Amsterdam. While the contents are essentially the same Maciunas-produced printed matter and label, the New York Fluxus edition was issued in a plastic box. Fifteen of the cards are printed in English on one side and in Japanese on the other. The remaining five are printed only in English. Maciunas planned to produce editions of a number of Fluxus artists' "collected works" in a boxed format so that additional works could be added to later copies (see also George Brecht's "Water Yam" and Robert Watts's "Events", among others).

Classification
Multiples
Technique
Photolithograph
Medium
Lidded cardboard box with offset-printed label, containing 20 printed cards
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

10.3 x 15 x 1.5 cm (4 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 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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