Artworks · George Brecht

An Anthology

1963 · Artist's book, letterpress and offset printed

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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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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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George Brecht's Drip Music (1962), performed by George Maciunas during Festum Fluxorum/Fluxus/Musik und Antimusik/Das Instrumentale Theater, Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, February 2, 1963

1963 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8" (24.8 x 18.8 cm)

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Mechanical for Yam Festival Newspaper

1963 · Cut-and-pasted printed papers and graph paper with ink, ballpoint pen, typewriting, transfer type, and stamped ink on board

sheet (each): 29 1/8 x 6" (73.9 x 15.3 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cane

1962 · Wood cane with paint

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Starter Flag

1962 · Sewn cloth stapled to wood stick

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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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Event Scores

1962 · Ink on paper

sheet: 5 × 3" (12.7 × 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Direction

1962 · Typewriting on paper

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

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Inroads Rebuff'd (pages 3-4) from Fluxus 1

1961 · Double-sided offset

book: 7 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 1 13/16" (19.1 × 21.2 × 4.6 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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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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Three Yellow Events

1961 · Typewriting on paper

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

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Chair Event

1961

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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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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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