M26490: Flux Rock Marked by Volume in cc
MultiplesThe wooden box with metal hinges and a metal clasp hold a large rock with a pitted surface. The number 395 is in white within a greenish-yellow disc on the top. The underside of the lid shows a printed label, a picture of the rock within the box and three lines of text reading, “Robert Watts: flux rock marked by Volume in cc.”
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M26490
- People
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Robert Watts, American (Burlington, IA 1923 - 1988 Martins Creek, PA)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American
- Title
- Flux Rock Marked by Volume in cc
- Classification
- Multiples
- Work Type
- altered readymade
- Date
- c. 1964
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/29949
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wooden box with offset printed label, containing rock with press-type lettering
- Technique
- Mixed technique
- Dimensions
- box: 13 x 13 x 6.8 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 2 11/16 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. >497.I
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
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- M26490
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
- 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/10/2019 - 10/04/2021
Verification Level
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