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PrintsFrench20th century
L'Optique Moderne
1963
Artists
Daniel SpoerriArtist
François DufrêneArtist
George MaciunasArtist after
FluxusPublisher
Description
This edition was originally planned at 700 copies, although Maciunas, reacting to reports that they were so badly printed as to be unsellable, seems to have duped the printer out of payment, and in the process only managed to collect 300 copies, abandoning the other 400.
Dimensions
20 x 14 x 0.8 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 5/16 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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