Miscellaneous papers relating to Fluxus from the Ellsworth Snyder Collection, ca. 1964-ca. 1987.

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Miscellaneous papers relating to Fluxus from the Ellsworth Snyder Collection, ca. 1964-ca. 1987.

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A collection of fourteen printed items regarding Fluxus performances and events. The collection includes six announcements or flyers, two posters, one silk-screen (and original shipping enclosure), one postcard, one pamphlet, one musical score and lithograph, a double-sided lithograph, and a set of two offset lithographs with printed enclosure. Most notable are pieces by, and for, some of the principal and founding figures of Fluxus: Henry Flynt, Dick Higgins, George Maciunas, Jim McWilliams, Charlotte Moorman, and Nam June Paik. The collection includes a poster announcing Nam June Paik's groundbreaking "Electronic Video Recorder," the first ever video art performance (May 4th and 11th, 1965), a limited edition musical score by Dick Higgins, and the 1000 yen note lithograph by Gempei Akasegawa. Other artists represented in the collection are Ay-o, Yoko Ono, Takako Saito, and the collaborative Hi Red Center. The collection comes from the Ellsworth Snyder archive. A composer, pianist, artist and teacher, Ellsworth Snyder was a student and longtime friend of Fluxus composer John Cage.

14 items ; 3.5 linear ft. + one original shipping enclosure.

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Fluxus (Group of artists)

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Fluxus is an international and interdisciplinary group of artists, composers, designers and poets that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s, founded by artist Willem de Ridder. Dutch gallerist and art critic Harry Ruhé describes Fluxus as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties". Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media and disciplines. Fluxus is also known for generating art forms that were new when Fluxus artists created them. These art for...

Flynt, Henry

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Paik, Nam June

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Akasegawa, Gempei.

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Hi Red Center

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Saito, Takako, 1929-

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Ay-o, 1931-

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Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998

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American artist, poet, writer, publisher, composer, and educator. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, ca. 1960-1994 (bulk 1972-1993). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146003268 Artist, poet, publisher, and composer; New York and Barrytown, NY. Member of the artists' group, Fluxus. Died Oct. 25, 1998. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, 1958-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79005545 D. October 25, 1998. Fro...