Artworks · George Brecht

George Brecht's Drip Music (1962), performed by George Maciunas during Fluxus Festival, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963

1963 · Gelatin silver print

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Concert for Jazz Broom for the Virtuoso, for A.M. Fine

1963 · Ink and colored ink on transparentized paper

sheet: 23 7/16 x 18 7/8" (59.5 x 47.9 cm)

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Water Yam

1963 · Cardboard box with offset label, containing sixty-nine offset cards

overall (closed): 5 7/8 x 6 5/16 x 1 3/4" (15 x 16 x 4.5 cm)

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Lantern Extract

1962 · Mailed offset envelope with ink additions, containing 10 letterpress cards and eight offset lithographs

overall (envelope): 4 1/8 × 9 7/16" (10.5 × 24 cm)

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Yamfest (Act 6)

1962 · Mailed envelope with ink, ballpoint pen, and stamped ink additions, containing ink on paper, printed paper, and ballpoint pen on printed check

overall (envelope, irreg.): 4 1/8 × 9 1/16" (10.4 × 23 cm)

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Moon

1962 · Mailed colored card with cut-and-pasted gelatin silver print, paper, and colored paper, with ink and stamped ink additions, pressure-sensitive sticker, and colored tape

overall (envelope): 3 9/16 × 5 7/16" (9.1 × 13.8 cm)

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Vacutainer

1962 · Mailed letterpress card with cut-and-pasted printed paper, and ink, pencil, and stamped ink additions

overall (envelope): 3 3/16 × 5 1/2" (8.1 × 14 cm)

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Keyhole

1962 · Mailed envelope with ink additions, containing ink on card

overall (envelope): 4 1/2 × 5 11/16" (11.4 × 14.5 cm)

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Nectarine

1962 · Mailed envelope with ink and ballpoint pen additions, containing pencil on torn letterpress stationery and mimeograph

overall (envelope, irreg.): 3 5/8 × 6 1/4" (9.2 × 15.8 cm)

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Palmolive

1962 · Mailed envelope with ink and stamped ink additions, containing printed paper and ink on paper

overall (envelope): 3 5/8 × 4 9/16" (9.2 × 11.6 cm)

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An Anthology

1962 · Artist's book, offset printed

page (each approx.): 9 7/16 × 8" (24 × 20.3 cm); overall (approx.): 9 7/16 × 8 × 15/16" (24 × 20.3 × 2.4 cm)

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Announcement for Nectarine

1962 · Envelope with ink and stamped ink additions, containing mimeograph and double-sided offset card

sheet (.a): 8 1/2 x 5 7/16" (21.6 x 13.8 cm); sheet (.b): 3 1/2 x 2 5/16" (8.9 x 5.8 cm); envelope (.c): 3 5/8 x 6 7/16" (9.2 x 16.3 cm)

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Announcement card for Delivery Event (Yam Festival Part 5)

1962 · Mailed offset lithograph with pressure-sensitive sticker

sheet (unfolded): 10 1/2 x 4 1/4" (26.7 x 10.8 cm); sheet (folded): 3 3/4 x 4 1/4" (9.5 x 10.8 cm)

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Clock

1962 · Metal barrel bolt and brass on painted wood with metal screws

overall: 3 9/16 x 6 3/8 x 1 3/16" (9.1 x 16.2 x 3 cm)

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A Box of Yam Festival and Other Rubber Stamps

1962 · Wooden box with stamp additions, containing 76 rubber stamps and one eraser

overall (closed): 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 2 1/2" (16.5 × 20.9 × 6.3 cm)

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Poem (For R.M. Rilke)

1962 · Pencil on paper

sheet: 4 15/16 × 3" (12.5 × 7.6 cm)

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Symphony #2 (turning)

1962 · Ink on paper

sheet: 4 15/16 × 3" (12.5 × 7.6 cm)

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Hand

1962 · Color slide

slide: 1 15/16 x 1 15/16" (5 x 5 cm)

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Yam Festival

1962 · Mailed envelope with ink additions, containing ink on paper and commercially printed offset paper

overall (envelope): 3 11/16 x 4 9/16" (9.3 x 11.6 cm)

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Lantern Extract

1962 · Offset envelope containing 18 offset cards

sheet: dimensions vary; envelope (irreg.): 4 1/8 x 3 3/8" (10.4 x 8.5 cm)

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Impossible Effort

1962 · Offset card

sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 1/16" (10.8 x 7.8 cm)

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Event Cards

1962 · Envelope with ballpoint pen additions, containing five offset cards

overall (envelope): 3 1/8 x 5 1/2" (7.9 x 14 cm)

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World Language of Signs Sought

1962 · Mailed envelope with ink additions, containing offset on newsprint and two glued domino tiles

overall (envelope): 3 9/16 × 6 1/2 × 3/8" (9.1 × 16.5 × 1 cm)

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Lucky Strike

1962 · Cigarette package and plaster

overall: 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 3/8" (9.5 x 8 x 0.9 cm)

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Thank You Call Again

1962 · Matchbook, plaster, and ink

overall: 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/8" (5.8 x 5.8 x 1 cm)

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Keyhole

1962 · Ink on paper in artist's frame and two metal escutcheons on wood

overall (framed score): 6 11/16 x 5 9/16 x 13/16" (17 x 14.2 x 2.1 cm); overall (wood with metal escutcheons): 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 13/16" (12 x 9.2 x 2 cm)

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George Brecht's Drip Music, performed by Dick Higgins during Fluxus/Musik og Anti-Musik/det Instrumentale Teater, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 23, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 9 1/2 x 7" (24.1 x 17.8 cm)

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George Brecht's Incidental Music (1961), performed by Karl-Erik Welin during Fluxus International Festspiele Neuester Musik, Hörsaal des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, September 1, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

image: 9 1/8 x 13 7/16" (23.1 x 34.2 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 7/8" (27.8 x 35.2 cm)

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Objects and Events (to be arranged by G. Brecht)

1962 · Carbon copy

sheet: 20 9/16 x 8 7/16" (52.2 x 21.5 cm)

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Dresser

1962 · Three gelatin silver prints, one with felt-tip pen additions

image (each): 8 1/8 x 5 1/16" (20.6 x 12.9 cm); sheet (each): 9 15/16 x 8 1/16" (25.2 x 20.5 cm)

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Direction

1962 · Typewriting on paper

sheet: 4 5/16 x 5 7/8" (11 x 14.9 cm)

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Two Exercises

1961 · Mailed envelope with ink additions, containing letterpress card

overall (envelope): 4 1/2 × 5 11/16" (11.4 × 14.5 cm)

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Tea Event

1961 · Mailed envelope with ink additions, containing letterpress card and card with stamped ink

overall (envelope): 3 5/8 × 4 9/16" (9.2 × 11.6 cm)

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Three Yellow Events

1961 · Typewriting on paper

sheet: 5 3/16 x 3 9/16" (13.1 x 9 cm)

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Two Durations

1961 · Typewriting on paper

sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 5/16" (7 × 11 cm)

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Exhibit Seven/Six Exhibits/Three Telephone Events

1961 · Mailed envelope with ink additions, containing three letterpress cards

overall (envelope): 3 5/8 × 4 9/16" (9.2 × 11.6 cm)

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Two Exercises

1961 · Offset card

sheet: 3 1/8 x 4 3/16" (8 x 10.7 cm)

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Exit

1961 · Metal sign on painted wood

overall: 3 9/16 x 11 1/8 x 7/8" (9 x 28.2 x 2.2 cm)

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Exhibit Seven (Clock) or Small Noontime House Number Clock (For Claes)

1961 · Brass numbers on painted wood with screws

overall: 6 3/16 x 4 9/16 x 1" (15.7 x 11.6 x 2.6 cm)

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Incidental Music

1961 · Mimeograph

sheet: 11 x 8 7/16" (27.9 x 21.5 cm)

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Barrel Bolt

1961 · Metal barrel bolt on painted wood with metal screws

overall: 5 9/16 x 9 1/8 x 1 1/2" (14.1 x 23.2 x 3.8 cm)

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Word Event

1961 · Typewriting on paper

sheet: 2 11/16 x 2 3/8" (6.8 x 6 cm)

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Repository

1961 · Wall cabinet containing pocket watch, thermometer, plastic and rubber balls, baseball, plastic persimmon, "Liberty" statuette, wood puzzle, toothbrushes, bottlecaps, house number, plastic worm, pocket mirror, lightbulbs, keys, hardware, and photographs

40 3/8 x 10 1/2 x 3 1/8" (102.6 x 26.7 x 7.7 cm)

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Motor Vehicle Sundown (Event)

1960 · Letterpress

sheet: 22 1/16 x 8 9/16" (56 x 21.7 cm)

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Event Scores

1960 · Six offset cards

sheet (.a): 1 7/16 × 2 15/16" (3.6 × 7.5 cm); sheet (.b): 3 5/8 × 2 15/16" (9.2 × 7.5 cm); sheet (.c): 3 15/16 × 2 15/16" (10 × 7.5 cm); sheet (.d): 1 7/16 × 5 1/2" (3.6 × 14 cm); sheet (.e): 5 1/2 × 1 15/16" (14 × 5 cm); sheet (.f): 5 1/2 × 3 5/8" (14 × 9.2 cm)

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Room

1960 · Screenprint on canvas

18 1/16 x 18 1/16" (45.8 x 45.8 cm)

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Candle-Piece for Radios

1959 · Ditto

sheet: 11 x 8 7/16" (28 x 21.5 cm)

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