Artworks · Nam June Paik

Untitled

1993 · Player piano, fifteen televisions, two cameras, two laser disc players, one electric light and light bulb, and wires

Overall approximately 8' 4" x 8' 9" x 48" (254 x 266.7 x 121.9 cm), including laser disc player and lamp

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Untitled

1991 · Two–channel video sculpture with color televisions and vintage cameras; color, silent; 30 min. 12 sec., continuous loop

68.6 × 33.1 × 28 cm (27 × 13 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Green Ginsburg)

1990 · Silver dye bleach print

30 1/4 × 42 1/2" (76.8 × 107.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Family of Robot: Baby

1986 · Single-channel video sculpture: thirteen television monitors and aluminum armature; color, silent. Number nine of nine unique sculptures in series.

133.3 × 96.2 × 20.4 cm (52 1/2 × 37 7/8 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flux Jets

1985 · Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper

10 7/8 × 15 5/8" (27.6 × 39.7 cm)

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Flux Jets

1985 · Pencil and felt-tip pen with printed paper pasted on paper

10 7/8 × 15 5/8" (27.6 × 39.7 cm)

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Flux Jets

1985 · Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper (recto); felt-tip pen on paper (taped to verso)

10 7/8 × 15 5/8" (27.6 × 39.7 cm)

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Flux Jets

1985 · Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper

10 7/8 × 15 5/8" (27.6 × 39.7 cm)

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Notation for Braun Jet

1985 · Cut-and-taped printed paper with felt-tip pen

sheet (irreg.): 15 1/2 x 11 13/16" (39.3 x 30 cm)

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Braun Jet

1985 · Airplane clock with paint additions

overall: 3 15/16 × 13 3/8 × 3 1/8" (10 × 34 × 8 cm)

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Beüys Jet

1985 · Airplane clock with paint additions

overall: 3 15/16 × 13 3/8 × 3 1/8" (10 × 34 × 8 cm)

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Hoehme Jet

1985 · Airplane clock with paint additions

overall: 3 15/16 × 13 3/8 × 3 1/8" (10 × 34 × 8 cm)

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Kricke Jet

1985 · Airplane clock with paint additions

overall: 3 15/16 × 13 3/8 × 3 1/8" (10 × 34 × 8 cm)

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I-Ching / Et Ching, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

TV Story Board, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Time Runs / Tape Runs, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Etching on Etching, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color aquatint and etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Zenith, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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1984 Invaders, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Rosetta Stone, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color aquatint and etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Li Tai Po Color Barred, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color aquatint and etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Family Photo Declassified, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Title page, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Colophon, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Life Has No Rewind Button, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Color aquatint and etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 37.5 × 47.3 cm (14 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 69.2 cm (23 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.)

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Portfolio box, from V-IDEA a priori

1984 · Portfolio box

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Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984 · Standard-definition video (color, sound)

38 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Drawing for T.V. Camera Sculpture

1983 · Pencil on paper

29 1/2 × 21 3/4" (74.9 × 55.2 cm)

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Lake Placid '80

1980 · Video (color, sound)

3:49 min.

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Postcard from Nam June Paik to Jan van der Marck

1977 · Torn and mailed postcard with ballpoint pen

sheet (irreg.): 5 7/8 × 5 7/8" (15 × 15 cm)

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My Jubilee ist Unverhemmet

1977 · 12-inch vinyl record

cover: 12 1/4 × 12 3/8" (31.1 × 31.4 cm)

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3 F Truck

1977 · Toy truck with paint additions

12 3/8 x 24 x 8 7/16" (31.5 x 61 x 21.5 cm)

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Guadalcanal Requiem

1977 · Video (color, sound)

28:33 min.

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Fluxus is always 6 a.m.

1976 · Typewriting on paper

sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" (6.3 x 8.9 cm)

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Postcard from Nam June Paik to Jan van der Marck

1975 · Torn and mailed postcard with ballpoint pen

sheet: 4 × 5 7/8" (10.2 × 15 cm)

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Postcard from Nam June Paik to Jan van der Marck

1975 · Torn and mailed postcard with ballpoint pen

sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 13/16" (10.5 × 14.7 cm)

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Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm

1973 · Three-color silkscreen on paper

30.5 × 22.9 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Geoge Brecht

1973 · Wood ladder with paint additions

20 15/16 × 5 7/8 × 1" (53.2 × 15 × 2.5 cm)

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A Tribute to John Cage

1973 · Video (color, sound)

29:02 min.

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Global Groove

1973 · Video (color, sound)

28:30 min.

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Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm

1973 · Screenprint from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph

composition (irreg.): 10 3/4 x 8 1/16" (27.3 x 20.4cm); sheet: 12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9cm)

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Postcard from Nam June Paik to Jan van der Marck

1970 · Torn and mailed postcard with ballpoint pen and typewriting

sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 11/16" (10.4 × 14.5 cm)

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Zen for Film from Fluxkit

1965 · Plastic box with offset label, containing blank film loop

overall (closed): 3 15/16 × 4 11/16 × 1" (10 × 11.9 × 2.6 cm)

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Zen for Film

1965 · 16mm film leader (silent)

20 min. (approx.)

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Zen for Film

1965 · Plastic box with offset label, containing blank film loop and offset card

box closed: 3 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 1" (10 x 11.9 x 2.6 cm); box open: 7 3/4 x 4 11/16 x 3/4" (19.7 x 11.9 x 1.9 cm)

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Symphony No. 5 (Symphonie Nr. 5)

1965 · Offset on 18 sheets, stapled

page (each): 5 1/8 x 3 15/16" (13 x 10 cm); overall: 5 1/8 x 3 15/16 x 1/8" (13 x 10 x 0.3 cm)

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The Monthly Review of the University for Avant-garde Hinduism mailing (1 Cent Coin in Envelope)

1964 · Stamped and mailed envelope, containing two coins pasted to paper

envelope: 3 3/8 × 6" (8.6 × 15.2 cm)

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Poster for Actions/Agit Pop/Dé-Coll/Age Happening/Events/Anti Art/L'Autrisme/Art Total/Refluxus, Auditorium Maximum, Aachen, Germany, July 20, 1964

1964 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 23 1/4 x 33 3/8" (59 x 84.7 cm)

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