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Object for MANRESA
Joseph Beuys
Cardboard and string · 1966
Tate

The Envelopes, from Serigraphs by Students of the Art Institute of Chicago
Harold Allen
Offset lithograph in green and black and greenish blue felt-tip pen on off-white coated paper stapled onto felt-tip pen in black and red and relief print (stamp) in blue on manila envelope, containing color screenprint with relief print (stamp) in red on white card; screenprint in red on white wove paper; and white wove paper envelope with black felt-tip pen and Offset lithograph in blue and red and relief print (stamp) in black on white wove paper self-adhesive support (containing relief print (stamp) in red with red felt-tip pen on white wove card (tag) with string; color screenprint on manila envelope; and xeradiograph with red felt-tip pen on off-white wove paper), tipped onto silkscreen on off-white card · 1966
Art Institute of Chicago

Prototype for Calling
Allan Kaprow
Artist's book of cardboard and string, containing 273 sheets of paper with rubberstamp and metallic foil endpaper · 1966
Museum of Modern Art

Untitled
Eva Hesse
Enamel paint and string over papier-mâché with elastic cord · 1966
Museum of Modern Art

Games & Puzzles/Bead Puzzle
George Brecht
Plastic box with offset label, containing offset card, five wood beads, and string · 1965
Museum of Modern Art

Package
Christo
Plastic-wrapped plastic artificial flower with string, staples, and offset label · 1965
Museum of Modern Art

Fish
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Wood and nylon string · 1964
Tate

Desk Explosion (Model)
Roy Lichtenstein
Cut painted board, cut painted paper, cut stencil paper, string, tape, graphite pencil · 1964
Whitney Museum of American Art

Cover with colophon, from The Never Projected (Lo Nunca Proyectado)
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Cover for set of prints, with handwritten colophon in yellow ink, folded and closed with yellow string · 1964
Art Institute of Chicago

Figure, I
Marcelo Bonevardi
Synthetic polymer paint on joined canvas, with wood and string · 1964
Museum of Modern Art

Der Speigel Magazine Wrapped
Christo
Printed paper, polythene and string · 1963
Tate

Untitled
Shuji Mukai
Oil, string, and canvas on wood · 1963
Museum of Modern Art

Four Fur Cutting Boards
Carolee Schneemann
Oil paint, umbrellas, motors, lightbulbs, string lights, photographs, fabric, lace, hubcaps, printed papers, mirror, nylon stockings, nails, hinges, and staples on wood · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Shooting Picture
Niki de Saint Phalle
Plaster, paint, string, polythene and wire on wood · 1961
Tate

TICK-TOCK JELLY CLOCK COSMOTRON
Bruce Conner
Wall component: wood, fabric, cardboard, wallpaper, magazine pages, stickers, string, twine, plastic film, glass fragments, mirror fragments, iron straps, grommets, nails, screws, upholstery tacks, metal foil, aluminum sheet, electrical socket, electrical wiring, rubber hose, beads, costume jewelry parts, sequins, ribbon, nylon stocking, cigarette filter, paint, graphite, bitumen, and resin on pressed hardboard; painted wood frame with mirror segments. Floor component: wood spool, fiberboard cone, paper, paint, monofilament netting, electrical plug, insulated wire, speaker, audio cable, iron wire, rings and clips, paper, yarn, and twine; 1/4 in. reel-to-reel audio tape transferred to digital format. · 1961
Art Institute of Chicago

Highball Glass with Capsule
Peter Schlumbohm
Glass and nylon string · 1961
Museum of Modern Art

Untitled
Ray Johnson
Printed paper, ink, and metallic string on board · 1960
Museum of Modern Art

BLACK DAHLIA
Bruce Conner
Photomechanical reproductions, feather, fabrics, rubber tubing, razor blade, nails, tobacco, sequins, string, shell, and paint encased in nylon stocking over wood · 1960
Museum of Modern Art

Wrapped Cans. Part of Inventory
Christo
Metal, canvas and string · 1959
Tate

Book of Creation
Lygia Pape
Artist's book with sixteen unbound pages, some with goauche on board, paper, and string · 1959
Museum of Modern Art

Composition 9
Manolo Millares
Whiting and lampblack on burlap and string · 1957
Museum of Modern Art

Untitled
Christo Coetzee
Oil, ping pong and tennis balls, string and other material on canvas · 1956
Art Institute of Chicago

Anybody's Self-Portrait
George Cohen
Framed mirror mounted on painted board, with two oval mirrors, plastic doll's torso, legs and arms, painted doll's eyes with fiber lashes in tin anchovy can, metal hand, nail heads, screw eyes, hooks, string, and cloth · 1953
Museum of Modern Art

Number 241
Anne Ryan
Cut-and-pasted colored paper, cloth, string, and gold foil on paper on fabric on board · 1950
Museum of Modern Art