Artworks · Alison Knowles

Sea Bean

1978 · Cardboard box containing a bean in a plastic container and printed instructions

2 3/16 x 3 7/8 x 1 3/4" (5.5 x 9.9 x 4.5 cm)

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Bean Bag

1978 · Box containing dried beans, gelatin silver print, and printed bag containing objects in various media

box (closed): 5 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4" (14 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)

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Ron Jenkins and Brian Jacobs Perform The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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John A. Kimm Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Humphrey M. Evans Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Shigeko Kubota Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Michael Cooper Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Stephen Varble Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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George Maciunas Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Ay-O Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Anne Brazeau Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Unidentified Woman Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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Jan Herman Performs The Identical Lunch

1969 · Screenprint with hand additions on canvas

overall: 17 x 17 x 3/4" (43.2 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm)

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The Identical Lunch

1969 · Series of eleven screenprints with hand additions on canvas

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The Identical Lunch with Ann Brazeau

1968 · Screenprint on canvas

composition: 13 3/4 x 17 7/16" (35 x 44.3 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 22 15/16" (49.3 x 58.3 cm)

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The Identical Lunch with George Maciunas

1968 · Screenprint on canvas

composition: 13 11/16 x 17 11/16" (34.8 x 45 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 23 1/8" (49 x 58.7 cm)

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The Identical Lunch with Ay-O

1968 · Screenprint on canvas

composition: 14 x 17 5/16" (35.5 x 44 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 26 3/8" (50.5 x 67 cm)

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The Identical Lunch with Shigeko Kubota

1968 · Screenprint on canvas

composition: 13 5/8 x 17 5/16" (34.6 x 44 cm); sheet: 20 15/16 x 26" (53.2 x 66 cm)

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White Stripes for John Cage from Situazione (Second series)

1967 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 27 x 19" (68.6 x 48.3 cm)

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Bean Rolls from Fluxkit

1965 · Metal tin with offset label, containing nine beans and fourteen offset scrolls

component (tin): 3 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4" (8 x 8.3 x 8.2 cm); component (scrolls, rolled, each approx.): 9/16 x 2 3/4" (1.5 x 7 cm); component (bean, approx.): 3/8 x 1/4 x 1/8" (1 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm)

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by Alison Knowles

1965 · Series of ten sheets of paper with carbon copy, typewriter, ink, blue pencil, and graphite, with additions by Dick Higgins and unknown hands

sheet (each): 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

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Bean Rolls

1964 · Metal tin with offset label, containing dried beans and sixteen offset scrolls

overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/8" (8.2 x 8.2 x 8 cm)

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Music by Alison, performed during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, New York, May 23, 1964

1964 · Gelatin silver print

Frame: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm)

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Nivea Cream Piece for Oscar Williams, performed during Fluxus/Musik og Anti-Musik/det Instrumentale Teater, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 23, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

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