Ken Friedman, George Maciunas, Fluxus

OPEN AND SHUT CASE.

1966

A legal hearing notice titled "Open and Shut Case" posted inside a clear box.

A legal hearing notice titled "Open and Shut Case" posted inside a clear box.

Not on view

Date
1966

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithographs mounted on plastic box

Dimensions
Overall: 4 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in. (10.2 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm)

Accession number
94.205.3

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Robert and Marilyn Wilson Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/38267

Part of a series:
Fluxus Collection
26 works

Black-and-white dot grid poster with letters forming a list of film titles and names.

A grid of forty-two black-and-white portrait stamps labeled "Fluxpost" with individual numbers.

Left side shows a long fur coat with hands in pockets and right side shows a nude torso.

A vintage-style strongman poster promoting Fluxfest on April 21 at 8 PM.

Discarded paper plates with food scraps, a broken banana peel, and litter scattered on grass.

Clear plastic organizer box holding sticky notes and assorted small craft pieces like foam, tiles, and wires.

A cassette-style case showing a line-drawn head and the title "E.S.P. fluxkit by James Riddle."

Eight colored cards and an envelope arranged in a grid for a color-matching test.

Large black-and-white Fluxfest poster featuring dense columns of program text and bold graphic title.

Clear plastic case holding black-and-white halftone artwork with small title and artist text.

See also

Fluxus
Fluxus Collection
1963–1977

Ken Friedman
2 works in the collection

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George Maciunas
12 works in the collection

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Fluxus
26 works in the collection

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