Artworks · Benjamin Patterson

Trout Bag

1981 · Canvas satchel containing fabric patch, packet of metal sinkers, fishing license and ten altered fishing lures in plastic boxes

component (.a (satchel, irreg.)): 9 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 6 1/2" (23 x 20 x 16.5 cm)

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Instruction No. 2 from Fluxkit

1965 · Plastic box with offset label, containing cloth towel with stamped ink

overall (closed): 3 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 1" (10 × 12 × 2.5 cm); component (towel, folded, irreg.): 1 x 4 13/16 x 3 11/16" (2.5 x 12.2 x 9.3 cm); component (towel, unfolded): 16 9/16 x 13 1/8" (42 x 33.3 cm)

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Instruction No. 2

1965 · Plastic box with offset label, containing soap and hand towel with stamped ink additions

overall (box): 4 11/16 x 3 15/16 x 1/2" (11.9 x 10 x 1.3 cm)

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Instruction No. 1

1964 · Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on paper

sheet: 30 11/16 x 20" (78 x 50.8 cm)

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Instruction No. 1

1964 · Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on paper

sheet: 30 11/16 x 20 5/16" (78 x 51.6 cm)

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Lick Piece (1962), performed during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964

1964 · Gelatin silver print

image: 9 3/16 x 6 5/16" (23.3 x 16 cm)

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Lick Piece (1962), performed during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964

1964 · Gelatin silver print

image: 7 5/8 x 9 1/2" (19.3 x 24.2 cm)

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Lick Piece (1962), performed by Lette Eisenhauer during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964

1964 · Gelatin silver print

image: 9 1/2 x 6 5/16" (24.2 x 16.1 cm)

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Instruction No. 1

1964 · Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on paper

sheet: 30 11/16 x 20 1/16" (78 x 51 cm)

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Tour and Examination

1963 · Typewriting on paper

sheet: 11 x 8 9/16" (28 x 21.8 cm); mount: 12 11/16 x 9 11/16" (32.2 x 24.6 cm)

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A Game: Three Capacities and One Inhibition

1963 · Envelope with typewriting and stamped ink additions, containing four cards with ink and stamped ink additions, one with collage

card (each): 3 x 5" (7.6 x 12.7 cm); overall (envelope): 3 5/8 x 6 7/16" (9.2 x 16.4 cm)

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Benjamin Patterson's Paper Piece (1960), performed during Fluxus Festival/Theatre Compositions/Street Compositions/Exhibits/Electronic Music, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963

1963 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 7 7/16 x 9 15/16" (18.9 x 25.3 cm)

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Audience members participating in Paper Piece (1960), performed during Fluxus Festival/Theatre Compositions/Street Compositions/Exhibits/Electronic Music, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963

1963 · Gelatin silver print

image: 7 1/4 x 9 15/16" (18.4 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 7 1/2 x 9 15/16" (19 x 25.3 cm)

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Variations for Double-Bass and Duo for Voice and a String Instrument, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

1962 · Sixteen gelatin silver prints on board

image (each): 5 1/8 x 3 7/16" (13 x 8.8 cm); sheet (.a): 10 7/8 x 7 11/16" (27.7 x 19.5 cm); sheet (.b): 10 7/8 x 7 3/4" (27.7 x 19.7 cm); sheet (.c): 10 7/8 x 7 11/16" (27.7 x 19.5 cm); sheet (.d): 11 x 7 7/8" (27.9 x 20 cm)

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Methods & Processes

1962 · Artist's book, offset printed

overall: 10 5/8 x 7 3/8" (27 x 18.8 cm)

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Puzzle-Poems

1962 · Metal box containing cut-and-pasted paper puzzle

component (.a, box): 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 5/16" (1.5 x 8.7 x 8.4 cm); component (.b, puzzle): 5 9/16 x 4 15/16" (14.1 x 12.5 cm)

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Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8" (35 x 27.7 cm)

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Simultaneous Performances, performed during Neo-Dada in der Musik, Kammerspiele, Düsseldorf, June 16, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 6 3/4 x 9" (17.1 x 22.9 cm)

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A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 5, Poems 20, 21; 22, 23; and 24, 25

1962 · Collage on card, paper boxes, plastic bag

component (.1, card): 3 3/4 x 8 9/16" (9.6 x 21.8 cm); component (.2a, box): 1 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 11/16" (2.9 x 19.1 x 9.3 cm); component (.2b, puzzle): 20 13/16 x 6 9/16" (52.8 x 16.6 cm); component (.3a, box): 1 x 6 3/16 x 4 3/4" (2.6 x 15.7 x 12 cm); component (.3b, puzzle): 18 1/16 x 6 9/16" (45.9 x 16.7 cm); component (.4a, box): 1 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/2" (3.2 x 15 x 11.5 cm); component (.4b, puzzle): 21 3/16 x 7 3/16" (53.8 x 18.2 cm); component (.MI, bag): 14 11/16 x 9 7/8" (37.3 x 25.1 cm)

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Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16" (25.2 x 20.1 cm)

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Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8" (35 x 27.7 cm)

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A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 7, Poems 32, 33, 34, 44 and 36, 37

1962 · Collage on card, paper and linen boxes, plastic bag

component (.1, card): 3 3/4 x 8 9/16" (9.5 x 21.8 cm); component (.2a, box): 1 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 3 3/8" (4.1 x 18.8 x 8.6 cm); component (.2b, puzzle): 17 15/16 x 6 3/4" (45.6 x 17.1 cm); component (.3a, box): 2 13/16 x 11 1/8 x 2 7/8" (7.2 x 28.3 x 7.3 cm); component (.3b, puzzle): 17 15/16 x 8 9/16" (45.6 x 21.7 cm); component (.4a, matchbox): 13/16 x 2 15/16 x 4 5/16" (2.1 x 7.5 x 11 cm); component (.4b, puzzle): 12 3/8 x 6 9/16" (31.4 x 16.7 cm); component (.MI, bag): 14 1/2 x 9 7/8" (36.9 x 25.1 cm)

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Overture (Version II), Overture (Version III), and Septet from "Lemons"

1961 · Diazotype on two sheets

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 8 5/16" (29.6 x 21.1 cm)

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Paper Piece

1960 · Diazotype

sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4" (29.6 x 21 cm)

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Second Solo Dance from Lemons, Traffic Light, and Ants

1960 · Diazotype

sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 1/4" (29.7 x 20.9 cm)

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Paper Piece

1960 · Ink on two sheets of paper with mailed envelope

sheet (.a, folded): 8 3/4 x 6 7/8" (22.2 x 17.5 cm); sheet (.b (irreg.)): 8 3/4 x 6 7/8" (22.2 x 17.5 cm); sheet (.c): 4 1/2 x 8" (11.4 x 20.3 cm)

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