Artworks · Robert Filliou

Optimistic Box no. 4 and 5

1981 · Ceramic pig with two printed labels

4 1/8 x 6 5/16 x 3 9/16" (10.5 x 16 x 9 cm)

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Livre-étalon (Standard-Book)

1981 · Artist's book, offset printed

page (each): 1 9/16 x 1 9/16" (4 x 4 cm); overall (open): 1 9/16 x 31 1/2" (4 x 80 cm)

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A New Way to Blow Out Matches (Une nouvelle façon d'éteindre les allumettes)

1980 · Wood box with printed label, containing altered spinning top and box of matches

2 7/8 x 4 3/16 x 1 7/8" (7.3 x 10.7 x 4.8 cm)

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Je meurs trop

1977 · Multiple of brick with offset labels and transfer type addition

overall: 8 11/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/16" (22 x 11 x 3 cm)

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Poussière de poussière de l'effet Delacroix (La Liberté)

1977 · Carboard box with stapled photograph and duster

2 3/8 x 6 5/8 x 4 3/4" (6 x 16.8 x 12 cm)

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The Futile Box

1977 · Hinged wood box containing rubber ball

overall (closed): 3 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 15/16" (8 x 7.7 x 7.5 cm)

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A Most Curious Invention of the Gaga Yogi

1976 · Wood box with plastic box attached, containing nails

2 15/16 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/8" (7.5 x 11.5 x 8 cm)

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Telepathic Music No. 5

1975 · Thirteen music stands with playing cards and laminated offset cards

dimensions vary upon installation

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A World of False Fingerprints (Brahms)

1975 · Wood box with pencil and ink fingerprint

6 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4" (16.5 x 16.5 x 4.5 cm)

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The Frozen Exhibition

1972 · Multiple of felt-covered paper hat, photographs, and facsimiles of press clippings

overall: 8 1/16 x 12 5/8 x 3/16" (20.5 x 32 x 0.5 cm)

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Blue (Bleu)

1970 · Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on canvas

overall: 11 15/16 x 9 7/16 x 3/4" (30.3 x 24 x 1.9 cm)

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God (Dieu)

1970 · Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on mirror

overall: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 x 5/16" (40 x 30 x 0.8 cm)

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Optimistic Box no. 3

1969 · Wood box with two printed labels

2 9/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/8" (6.5 x 12 x 2.8 cm)

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Boîte Optimiste no. 2

1969 · Wood box with two printed labels and photograph

3 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/16" (9.5 x 12 x 2.7 cm)

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Galerie Légitime

1969 · Offset lithograph and screenprint

composition (irreg.): 20 1/4 × 29 3/8" (51.4 × 74.6 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 34 5/8" (65 × 88 cm)

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Optimistic Box no. 1

1968 · Wood box with two printed labels, containing stone

overall: 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 1/8" (11 x 11 x 10.5 cm)

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Optimistic Boxes 1-5

1968 · Multiple of three wooden boxes, ceramic pig, stone, and labels

variable

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Hand Show

1967 · Five gelatin silver prints on masonite

overall: 17 1/8 x 88 11/16" (43.5 x 225.3 cm)

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Mechanical for Fluxhair

1967 · Cut-and-pasted photostat, pencil, ink, presstype, and correction fluid on paper

sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 7/8" (17.2 × 12.4 cm)

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Mechanical for The Key to Art (?)

1967 · Cut-and-pasted paper on paper with ink and presstype

sheet: 2 3/16 × 2 15/16" (5.5 × 7.4 cm)

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Mechanical for The Obvious Deck

1967 · Cut-and-pasted photostat and paper with presstype, ink, and correction fluid on paper

sheet: 8 13/16 × 8 7/16" (22.4 × 21.5 cm)

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Hand Show

1967 · Artist's book with 24 offset sheets, in wood box with screenprinted plexiglass cover

overall (box): 11 7/8 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/2" (30.1 x 24.2 x 3.8 cm)

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Prototype for The Key to Art (?) (Hand Show), Prototype for Hand Clock, The Key to Art (?)

1967 · Kwik-print

12 3/16 x 8 7/8" (30.9 x 22.5 cm)

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Fluxhair

1967 · Plastic box with offset label, containing hair

overall (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 1/2" (12 × 10 × 1.3 cm)

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The Obvious Deck [prototype for an unproduced edition]

1967 · Gouache on printed card

overall (card): 3 15/16 × 2 11/16 × 3/16" (10 × 6.8 × 0.5 cm); overall (box): 4 × 4 3/4 × 3/8" (10.2 × 12 × 1 cm)

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Hand Show, The Key to Art (?) (Hand Show)

1967 · Cut-and-pasted photostats on diazotype

Frame: 31 1/8 x 23 11/16 x 1" (79 x 60.1 x 2.5 cm)

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Flyer for The Key to Art(?) (Hand Show), Tiffany's, New York, March 27–April 12, 1967

1967 · Double-sided offset flyer

sheet: 16 7/16 x 7 3/4" (41.7 x 19.7 cm)

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History of Good Taste

1967 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pen and tape on paper

sheet: 3 9/16 x 10 1/16" (9 x 25.5 cm)

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Monsters are Inoffensive

1967 · Plastic box containing twenty-two double-sided offset cards

card (each): 4 1/4 x 6 3/8" (10.8 x 16.2 cm); box: 5 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 3/8" (14 x 18 x 1 cm)

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Three Telegrams (Trois télégrammes)

1966 · Photostat on three wooden panels, with felt-tip pen and crayon additions and metal hook

panel, each: 15 3/8 x 23 1/16 x 9/16" (39 x 58.6 x 1.5 cm); installation: 46 7/16 x 23 1/16 x 1 7/8" (118 x 58.6 x 4.7 cm)

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Le Chien bilingue

1966 · Wooden plaque with objects in various media

overall: 10 5/8 x 6 x 3/8" (27 x 15.3 x 1 cm)

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Fluxdust

1966 · Plastic box with offset label, containing dust

overall (closed): 4 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 11/16" (12 x 10 x 1.7 cm)

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Ample Food for Stupid Thought

1965 · Wood box containing 96 offset postcards

box: 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 2" (15 x 20 x 5.1 cm); sheet (each): 5 × 7" (12.7 × 17.8 cm)

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One Out of Four Multiracial Dollars

1965 · Plastic box, containing three plastic squares and a painted silver dollar

1 3/16 x 7 1/16 x 3 15/16" (3 x 18 x 10 cm)

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13 Ways to Use Emmett Williams' Skull, performed during Internationaal Programma/Nieuwste Muziek-Nieuwste Theater/Nieuwste Literatuur, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam, December 18, 1963

1963 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 7/8" (23.7 x 17.5 cm)

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13 Ways to Use Emmett Williams' Skull, performed during Internationaal Programma/Nieuwste Muziek-Nieuwste Theater/Nieuwste Literatuur, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam, December 18, 1963

1963 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 7/8" (23.7 x 17.5 cm)

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Poi-Poi Symphony no. I

1962 · Diazotype on two sheets

sheet (each): 10 1/2 x 8 1/4" (26.6 x 21 cm)

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Poi Poi, Untitled

1961 · Cardboard with cut-and-pasted printed paper, felt-tip pen, and matchstick

overall (irreg.): 9 3/4 × 2 15/16 × 1 3/4" (24.8 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm)

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Poi Poi pipe, Untitled

1961 · Ceramic pipe with felt-tip pen

overall (irreg.): 1 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 1" (3.7 × 11.3 × 2.5 cm)

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Paint

1961 · Bread, acrylic, felt-tip pen, colored paper, and thumb tacks on board in plexiglass box

overall (irreg.): 7 11/16 × 11 5/8 × 1 3/4" (19.5 × 29.6 × 4.5 cm)

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Poi-Poi

1961 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper with ink on colored paper

Frame: 6 1/8 x 4 7/16 x 1/4" (15.5 x 11.3 x 0.6 cm)

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Untitled

1961 · Printed paper, ballpoint pen, and felt-tip pen on shoebox

overall: 5 1/2 × 10 7/16 × 3 3/4" (13.9 × 26.5 × 9.5 cm)

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Clowning Closes the Gap Between Clowns

1960 · Felt-tip pen, gelatin silver print, mirror, wire, spray paint and stamped ink on wood

overall: 5 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 15/16" (15 x 53 x 2.4 cm)

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A New Way to Give People Headaches

1960 · Wooden box containing objects in various media

overall (box): 5 5/16 x 6 13/16 x 2 13/16" (13.5 x 17.3 x 7.2 cm)

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L'Immortelle mort du monde

1960 · Diazotype

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naissance de l'amour

1960 · Felt-tip pen and pen on paper

sheet: 13 5/16 x 4 9/16" (33.8 x 11.6 cm)

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Le Chien de Addi

1960 · Wood with stamped ink, ballpoint pen, pasted letterpress, and rubber bands

overall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/16" (9.5 x 5.5 cm)

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