Artist
Brecht, George
Book (12 work / s)
Code 0329E 1/6 Artist's book / Performance / Edition
Water Yam
1963-2002
Event score cards assembly:
1. First edition, 1963
Published by Fluxus Editions, New York
Label designed by G. Maciunas
Cardboard box, 15.5 x 16.5 x 4.5 cm.
Containing: 68 event score cards,
(40 white and 28 orange cards), various sizes
See complete list No. FX0874
Unnumbered and unsigned
See also:
"Valoche 1959-1975 / A Flux Travel Aid", No. 0058E-3
"No smoking event", No. FXC1766
"Fluxkit Labels" No. 0110E
2. Third edition, 1964
Published by Fluxus Editions, New York
Label designed by G. Maciunas
Black plastic box with transparent plastic cover, 13 x 18.5 x 3 cm.
Containing: 91 event score cards, various sizes and "Nut Bone",
Clothing", plus envelope with "Cloud Scissors".
Unnumbered and unsigned
See also: "Nut bone. A Yamfest movie" No. FX0371-1
3. Sixth edition, 1972
Published by John. G. Gosling,
Parrot Impressions, Surbiton, Surrey
Black plastic box, 13 x 23 x 55 cm.
Containing: 99 event score cards, various sizes, plus "Nut Bone"
Unnumbered and unsigned
4. Seventh edition, 1986
Published by Lebeer Hossmann, Bruxelles-Hamburg
Cardboard box, 17.5 x 17.5 x 3.5 cm.
Containing: 91 event score cards, various sizes,
plus envelope with "Cloud Scissors".
Unnumbered and unsigned
5. Eight edition, 2002
Published by Gallery 360' Degrees, Tokyo
Wooden box, 13.5 x 18.5 x 4.5 cm.
Containing: 92 event score cards, various sizes,
plus eight cards in an envelope.
Numbered 9/100 and unsigned
6. Unused label, 1963
Black print on yellow paper, 13 x 16 cm.
See also: "Unused labels" No. 0110E
Included in "George Brecht events scores sheets and cards"
Exh.: 2000, Naples ; 2009, Barcelona ; 2010, Moscow ; 2012, Chiasso ; 2019, London ; 2022-2023, Milan.
Bibl.: J. Hendricks, "Fluxus Codex", Detroit-New York 1988, p.217 ; "Fluxus nella sua epoca", exhibition catalogue, Naples, 2000, pp. 108-297 ; A. Bonito Oliva, "Dadada. Dada e dadaismi del contemporaneo 1916-2006", exhibition catalogue, Pavia, 2006, p.113 ; "Creative R'evolution-50 years of Fluxus from the Archivio Bonotto", exhibition catalogue, Barcelona, 2009 ; "Fluxus. A Creative Revolution 1962-2012", Chiasso, 2012, p. 197.
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