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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26458
People
Yoko Ono, American (Tokyo, Japan born 1933)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
A Box of Smile
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple
Date
1971
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29324

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque black plastic box with gold printed lettering, containing metal mirror
Dimensions
box: 5.4 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm (2 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
S. 350 (variant)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound
Copyright
© Yoko Ono
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26458
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a prototype or sample for the Fluxus edition reproduced in "Fluxus etc." as S. 350. In this version, the title is printed (rather than incised) on the lid, and the typeface differs somewhat from the published edition.

Publication History

  • Jon Hendricks, ed., Fluxus etc., exh. cat., Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1981), Prototype for S. 350 (p. 176)

Exhibition History

  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2018 - 10/04/2018

Verification Level

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