Artworks · Benjamin Patterson

Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8" (35 x 27.7 cm)

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A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 1, Poem 2

1962 · Collage on card, yogurt cups, plastic bag

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Methods & Processes

1962 · Artist's book, offset printed, with insert

overall: 10 5/8 x 7 5/16" (27 x 18.5 cm)

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Variations for Double-Bass

1962 · Typed carbon paper transfer on four sheets of paper

sheet (each, irreg.): 11 x 8 9/16" (27.9 x 21.7 cm)

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A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 5, Poems 20, 21; 22, 23; and 24, 25

1962 · Collage on card, paper boxes, plastic bag

component (.1, card): 3 3/4 x 8 9/16" (9.6 x 21.8 cm); component (.2a, box): 1 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 11/16" (2.9 x 19.1 x 9.3 cm); component (.2b, puzzle): 20 13/16 x 6 9/16" (52.8 x 16.6 cm); component (.3a, box): 1 x 6 3/16 x 4 3/4" (2.6 x 15.7 x 12 cm); component (.3b, puzzle): 18 1/16 x 6 9/16" (45.9 x 16.7 cm); component (.4a, box): 1 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/2" (3.2 x 15 x 11.5 cm); component (.4b, puzzle): 21 3/16 x 7 3/16" (53.8 x 18.2 cm); component (.MI, bag): 14 11/16 x 9 7/8" (37.3 x 25.1 cm)

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Scores from Fluxus 1

1961 · Double-sided offset

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

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Scores from Fluxus 1

1961 · Double-sided offset

book: 7 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 2 3/16" (19.1 × 21.4 × 5.5 cm)

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Brochure for the premier of Lemons, Studio Vostell, Cologne, July 14, 1961

1961 · Letterpress with halftone relief

sheet (unfolded): 8 7/16 x 27 3/16" (21.4 x 69.1 cm)

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Septet from Lemons

1961 · Diazotype

sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 5/16" (29.7 x 21.1 cm)

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Overture (Version II), Overture (Version III), and Septet from "Lemons"

1961 · Diazotype on two sheets

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 8 5/16" (29.6 x 21.1 cm)

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Paper Piece

1960 · Diazotype

sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4" (29.6 x 21 cm)

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Second Solo Dance from Lemons, Traffic Light, and Ants

1960 · Diazotype

sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 1/4" (29.7 x 20.9 cm)

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Paper Piece

1960 · Ink on two sheets of paper with mailed envelope

sheet (.a, folded): 8 3/4 x 6 7/8" (22.2 x 17.5 cm); sheet (.b (irreg.)): 8 3/4 x 6 7/8" (22.2 x 17.5 cm); sheet (.c): 4 1/2 x 8" (11.4 x 20.3 cm)

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Patterson, Corner, Mercure

cassette

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Poem Puzzle from Fluxshop

8 offset pieces with multiple copies

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Variations for Double Bass from Fluxshop

103 copies of double-sided offset

sheet (each): 7 7/16 x 8 1/4" (18.9 x 21 cm)

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