Artworks · George Brecht

Water Yam

2002 · Wood box with offset labels, containing 102 offset cards

overall (closed): 5 3/16 x 7 1/8 x 1 13/16" (13.1 x 18.1 x 4.6 cm)

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Void

1984 · Marble with stamp additions

overall (approx.): 4 3/4 × 7 7/8" (12 × 20 cm)

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Games & Puzzles/Ball Puzzle

1983 · Plastic box with offset label, containing offset card and wood ball

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 5/8" (10 x 11.9 x 1.6 cm)

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Games & Puzzles/Inclined Plane Puzzle

1983 · Plastic box with offset label, containing offset card and wood ball

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 5/8" (10 x 11.9 x 1.6 cm)

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Direction

1983 · Plastic box with offset label, containing offset label

overall (closed): 4 3/4 × 4 × 11/16" (12 × 10.2 × 1.7 cm)

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Games & Puzzles/Bead Puzzle

1983 · Plastic box with offset label, containing offset card, string, and eleven wood beads

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 5/8" (10 x 11.9 x 1.6 cm)

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Games & Puzzles/Swim Puzzle

1983 · Plastic box with offset label, containing objects in various media

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 5/8" (10 x 11.9 x 1.6 cm)

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Untitled (Johannes Theodor Baargeld gewidmet)

1981 · Screenprint

sheet: 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm)

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Bronze

1981 · Bronze

4 15/16 x 11 11/16 x 5/16" (12.5 x 29.7 x 0.8 cm)

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Event

1981 · Etched glass and leather case

overall (glass): 2 3/8 x 5 7/16 x 3/16" (6 x 13.8 x 0.5 cm); overall (case): 3 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 1/4" (8.3 x 16.9 x 0.6 cm)

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The Book of the Tumbler on Fire Appendix: Landmass Translocation: Wedding of Havana/Miami

1980 · Watercolor, colored pencil, ink, and stamped ink on offset lithograph

sheet: 25 x 27" (63.5 x 68.6 cm)

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Eastern Daylight Flux Time

1977 · Engraved metal pocket-watch case, containing objects in various media

overall: 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 9/16" (6.2 x 5 x 1.5 cm)

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Universal Machine II

1976 · Wood box with offset labels and glass, containing objects in various media

box: 11 1/2 × 11 1/8 × 1 5/8" (29.2 × 28.3 × 4.1 cm)

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Fluxus 1

1976 · Book with offset, metal bolts and stamped ink, containing objects in various media, in wood box

overall (closed): 9 7/16 x 8 1/2 x 2 3/4" (24 x 21.6 x 7 cm)

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Prototype for Valoche

1975 · Wood box with typewritten label, containing objects in various media

overall (closed): 7 1/2 x 4 x 10 3/16" (19 x 10.2 x 25.8 cm)

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Valoche / A Flux Travel Aid

1975 · Paper covered box with offset label, containing objects in various media

7 1/2 x 12 1/8 x 7 5/8" (19.1 x 30.8 x 19.4 cm)

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Valoche / A Flux Travel Aid

1975 · Wood box with offset label, containing objects in various media

8 7/8 x 12 5/8 x 7 11/16" (22.5 x 32 x 19.5 cm)

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Valoche / A Flux Travel Aid

1975 · Wood box with offset label, containing objects in various media

7 1/16 × 10 13/16 × 6 1/8" (18 × 27.5 × 15.5 cm)

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A History of Fluxus, Part One

1974 · Plastic box with typewritten label, containing painted peanuts

5 1/2 × 7 7/8 × 1 1/8" (14 × 20 × 2.9 cm)

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Nut Bone

1973 · Artist's book, offset printed

book: 1 5/8 x 2 3/4" (4.2 x 7 cm)

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No Smoking

1973 · Offset wallpaper

sheet (each): 16 5/8 x 16 3/4" (42.3 x 42.5 cm); overall dimensions vary upon installation

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Ephemera related to proposal for Operation Vesuvius (Operazione Vesuvio), Henry Gallery, Seattle and Il Centro, Naples, 1972–73

1972 · Two offset lithographs, two typewriting on paper, offset brochure, letterpress card, letterpress poster, gelatin silver print, and photocopy

sheet (.a): 5 × 7 3/8" (12.7 × 18.8 cm); sheet (.b, folded): 7 × 5" (17.8 × 12.7 cm); sheet (.c): 3 7/8 × 8 1/4" (9.8 × 21 cm); sheet (.d): 9 13/16 × 6 3/4" (25 × 17.2 cm); sheet (.e): 10 15/16 × 8 1/2" (27.8 × 21.6 cm); sheet (.f): 10 15/16 × 8 1/2" (27.8 × 21.6 cm); sheet (.g): 10 15/16 × 8 1/2" (27.8 × 21.6 cm); overall (.h, closed): 11 11/16 × 8 1/8 × 1/16" (29.7 × 20.7 × 0.1 cm); sheet (.i): 39 7/16 × 27 3/8" (100.1 × 69.6 cm)

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Water Yam

1972 · Plastic box with offset label, containing offset envelope, 97 cards, and "Nutbone"

overall (closed): 5 7/16 x 9 1/8 x 2 3/16" (13.8 x 23.1 x 5.6 cm)

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Water Yam

1972 · Cardboard box with presstype, containing 98 offset cards, Brecht's "Nut Bone," and publisher's card

overall (closed): 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 x 1 3/8" (20.5 x 20.5 x 3.5 cm)

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Proposal for Operation Vesuvius (Operazione Vesuvio), Henry Gallery, Seattle and Il Centro, Naples, 1972–73

1972 · Typewriting on three sheets of paper (one with felt-tip pen, one with felt-tip pen and ink, and one with ink)

sheet (.a): 8 3/16 × 6 15/16" (20.8 × 17.6 cm); sheet (.b): 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 20.9 cm); sheet (.c): 10 7/16 × 7 1/4" (26.5 × 18.4 cm)

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Water Yam

1972 · Wood box with offset labels, containing 92 offset cards

overall (box, closed): 2 5/8 x 7 11/16 x 5 7/8" (6.7 x 19.5 x 15 cm)

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Chair Event

1972 · Wooden chair with pressure-sensitive tape, metal grater, offset flag, measuring tape, and wooden board game pieces

overall (irreg.): 33 1/16 × 14 3/4 × 15 3/8" (84 × 37.5 × 39 cm)

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San Francisco

1970 · Felt, cotton, metal, glass slide, tape, and vinyl

12 3/16 x 16 1/8 x 1" (30.9 x 41 x 2.5 cm)

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Valoche

1970 · Plastic box with offset label, containing objects in various media

9 1/16 × 13 3/16 × 2 9/16" (23 × 33.5 × 6.5 cm)

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Sonnensalz: from the Anthology of Misunderstandings

1969 · Box of salt with two labels

5 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 11/16" (13.6 x 7 x 4.3 cm)

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AD for DA

1969 · Wooden and glass box, containing objects in various media

overall: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 1 9/16" (19.5 x 13 x 4 cm)

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Closed on Mondays

1969 · Plastic box with offset label closed with unidentified material

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 5/8" (10 x 12 x 1.6 cm)

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Statement on the Other Side of This Card from Flux Year Box 2

1968 · Double-sided offset card

sheet: 3/4 x 2 1/2" (1.9 x 6.4 cm)

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Poster for Banqueroute, La Cédille qui Sourit, Villefranche-sur-Mer, March 1968

1968 · Letterpress

sheet: 19 5/8 x 12 3/4" (49.8 x 32.4 cm)

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Mechanical for Closed on Mondays

1968 · Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver print on paper with pen and correction fluid

sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 15/16" (12.5 × 20.2 cm)

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Mechanical for Direction

1968 · Photostat, adhesive lettering, ink, pencil, felt-tip pen, and pressure-sensitive tape on paper

sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 3/4" (15.8 × 12.1 cm)

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The Chemistry of Music

1968 · Set of seventeen cut-and-pasted printed paper (seven with transfer type, one with ink, one with cut-and-pasted gelatin silver print and transfer type with ink additions, and five with transfer type and ink additions) on paper, one transfer type and ink on paper, and one postcard with transfer type and ink

sheet (each, orientation varies): 7 13/16 x 9 15/16" (19.9 x 25.2 cm)

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Poster for George Brecht & Robert Filliou, Saba Studio, Villingen, October 20–November 20, 1967

1967 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 33 × 23 1/4" (83.8 × 59 cm)

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Water Yam

1967 · Cardboard box with presstype, containing 52 offset cards

overall (closed): 5 7/8 x 6 5/8 x 1 11/16" (15 x 16.8 x 4.3 cm)

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A Question or More

1967 · Three plastic boxes (one containing 16 wooden game board pieces, one containing 16 painted wooden game board pieces, and one empty box)

overall (each, closed): 2 15/16 × 2 11/16 × 1 5/16" (7.5 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm)

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Entrance/Exit (Fluxfilm no. 10)

1966 · 16mm film (black and white, silent)

7:08 min.

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Arrow

1966 · Sewn fabric with metal grommets

overall (flag, irreg.): 28 3/8 x 28 3/8" (72 x 72 cm)

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The Bottle Bottle-Opener

1966 · Glass bottle with corkscrew and printed label

14 3/16 x 2 13/16 x 2 13/16" (36 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm)

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Closed on Monday

1966 · Wood box with plastic label, with elastic band

4 × 6 × 1 1/2" (10.2 × 15.2 × 3.8 cm)

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Mechanical for Exit

1966 · Cut-and-pasted paper, ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 8 7/16 x 10 15/16" (21.5 x 27.8 cm)

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Middle

1966 · Sewn fabric with metal grommets

overall (flag, irreg.): 28 3/4 x 28 3/4" (73 x 73 cm)

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Start

1966 · Sewn fabric with metal grommets

overall (flag, irreg.): 27 15/16 x 27 15/16" (71 x 71 cm)

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Flux Year Box 2

1966 · Wood box with screenprint, metal clasp and hinges, containing objects in various media

overall (closed): 8 x 8 x 3 3/8" (20.3 x 20.3 x 8.6 cm)

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