Artworks · Ben Vautier

Untitled

2011 · Altered piano with paint and nails, with digital video file from the performance 'Ben Vautier Live at MoMA'

overall (approx.): 40 1/2 x 58 9/16 x 24 5/16" (102.8 x 148.7 x 61.8 cm)

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Dirty Water

2002 · Glass bottle with offset lable, containing liquid

overall: 2 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8" (6.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm)

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Manifeste d'Art Total

1997 · Artist's book

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Ceci est un original

1993 · Lithograph with acrylic, pencil, and spray paint additions

sheet: 22 1/4 × 29 3/4" (56.5 × 75.5 cm)

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Boîte vide

1986 · Plastic box with acrylic additions

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 9/16" (10 x 12 x 1.4 cm)

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Preparatory drawing for Fluxus Eats Fluxus poster, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, October 5–27, 1985

1985 · Ink and felt-tip pen on paper

sheet: 14 3/8 × 11 11/16" (36.5 × 29.7 cm)

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Preparatory drawing for Fluxus Eats Fluxus poster, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, October 5–27, 1985

1985 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet: 18 13/16 × 12 9/16" (47.8 × 31.9 cm)

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Preparatory drawing for Fluxus Eats Fluxus poster, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, October 5–27, 1985

1985 · Ink on paper

sheet: 18 1/8 × 24 1/8" (46 × 61.3 cm)

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Preparatory drawing for Fluxus Eats Fluxus poster, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, October 5–27, 1985

1985 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet: 16 1/2 × 11 11/16" (41.9 × 29.7 cm)

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Preparatory drawing for Fluxus Eats Fluxus poster, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, October 5–27, 1985

1985 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet (irreg.): 17 1/4 × 17 5/16" (43.8 × 44 cm)

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Plaque for Encyclopedia of World Art

1984 · Acrylic on colored board

overall: 3 15/16 × 5 1/16 × 1/16" (10 × 12.9 × 0.2 cm)

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Plaque for God

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 9/16 x 1 15/16" (10 x 14.2 x 5 cm)

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Plaque for God

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

6 5/16 x 7 7/8 x 3/8" (16 x 20 x 1 cm)

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Plaque for A Flux Suicide Kit

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2" (10 x 14 cm)

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Plaque for Time

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on board

Sheet: 3 15/16 x 5 1/8" (10 x 13 cm)

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Plaque for Black Box (Boîte noire)

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16" (10 x 14 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Flux Useless Object

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on board

Sheet: 3 15/16 x 5 1/8" (10 x 13 cm)

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Plaque for Index for Chest

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16" (10 x 14 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Stool

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16" (10 x 14 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Boîte mystère

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 9/16 x 3/16" (10 x 14.2 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Flux Painting

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16" (10 x 14 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Flux Colors (Je signe toutes les couleurs)

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16" (10 x 14 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Flux Mystery Food

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on board

Sheet: 3 15/16 x 5 1/8" (10 x 13 cm)

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Plaque for Fluxanything Box

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 9/16 x 3/16" (10 x 14.2 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Boîte mystère

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16" (10 x 14 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Dirty Water (Eau sale)

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on board

3 15/16 x 5 1/8" (10 x 13 cm)

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Plaque for This box contains an idea so important that it could change art. I hid so that no one can pinch the idea from me

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

5 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 3/16" (14 x 10 x 0.5 cm)

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Plaque for Flux Catalogue

1984 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

3 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 5/16" (10 x 14 x 0.8 cm)

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Total Art Matchbook

1982 · Cardboard box with digital label, containing matchbook, digitally printed, containing matches

overall (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 11/16 × 1 1/8" (9.3 × 9.3 × 2.9 cm)

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Holes

1981

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Flux Holes

1981 · Plastic box with offset label, containing objects in various media

overall (closed): 4 × 4 3/4 × 3/8" (10.2 × 12 × 1 cm)

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I Accept No Limitations from The Archives: Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren

1981 · Offset lithograph from an artist's book, offset printed with collage, stamp, gouache, pencil, and ink additions

composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 × 4 5/8" (18 × 11.8 cm); page: 11 1/2 × 8 1/4" (29.2 × 21 cm)

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Who Me Fluxus?

1980 · Gelatin silver print with correction fluid additions

sheet: 9 3/16 × 6 7/8" (23.3 × 17.4 cm)

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Tout est Fluxus

1978 · Paint on fabric with grommets and velcro

overall (irreg.): 26 7/8 x 246" (68.3 x 624.8 cm)

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Untitled from Fluxus 1

1976 · Eight double-sided offset pages

book: 7 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 1 15/16" (19.1 × 21 × 5 cm)

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I Am Fluxus

1975 · Cut-and-pasted photocopy and letterpress with felt-tip pen additions

sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 3/16" (29.5 × 20.8 cm)

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Moi, Ben je signe

1975 · Artist's book with nineteen object collage additions

page 12 1/4 x 8 5/16" (31 x 21.2 cm)

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Art

1974 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood

overall: 8 1/4 x 17 5/8 x 3/16" (21 x 44.7 x 0.5 cm)

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Self-Portrait

1971 · Oil on canvas

overall: 10 13/16 x 8 7/16 x 9/16" (27.5 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm)

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Poster for Non-Art Anti-Art Festival, June 1–15, 1969

1969 · Stamped ink on paper

sheet: 23 7/16 × 15 11/16" (59.6 × 39.8 cm)

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Poster for Non-Art Anti-Art Festival, June 1–15, 1969

1969 · Letterpress

sheet: 23 7/16 × 15 9/16" (59.6 × 39.5 cm)

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To Look At from Flux Year Box 2

1968 · Offset card with rubber stamp additions

sheet: 3 3/4 x 3 7/8" (9.5 x 9.8 cm)

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Total Art Match-Box from Flux Year Box 2

1968 · Cardboard matchbox with offset label, containing matches

overall (closed): 1/2 × 2 1/16 × 1 1/2" (1.2 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm)

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Unfold/Fold from Flux Year Box 2

1968 · Envelope, containing folded offset sheet

envelope: 2 1/4 x 3 1/2" (5.7 x 8.9 cm); paper (folded): 3 x 2" (7.6 x 5.1 cm); paper (unfolded): 6 x 7 7/8" (15.2 x 20 cm)

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Art Total cards from Flux Year Box 2

1968 · Plastic bag, containing 27 offset cards

bag: 4 3/4 x 3 7/16" (12 x 8.8 cm)

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L'Art est inutile / Pas d'art / A bas l'art

1968 · Letterpress

sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 5/8" (64.5 × 49.8 cm)

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L'Art est inutile

1968 · Letterpress

sheet: 11 5/16 × 19 5/8" (28.7 × 49.8 cm)

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Fourre-Tout, No. 3

1968 · Periodical of plastic bag containing fifteen printed sheets, two silver gelatin prints (one with stencil, one on offset card), and one package of spices

overall: 7 5/16 x 7 1/16" (18.5 x 18 cm)

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