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Trout Bag
Benjamin Patterson
Canvas satchel containing fabric patch, packet of metal sinkers, fishing license and ten altered fishing lures in plastic boxes · 1981
Museum of Modern Art

Instruction No. 2 from Fluxkit
Benjamin Patterson
Plastic box with offset label, containing cloth towel with stamped ink · 1965
Museum of Modern Art

Instruction No. 2
Benjamin Patterson
Plastic box with offset label, containing soap and hand towel with stamped ink additions · 1965
Museum of Modern Art

Instruction No. 1
Benjamin Patterson
Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on paper · 1964
Museum of Modern Art

Instruction No. 1
Benjamin Patterson
Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on paper · 1964
Museum of Modern Art

Lick Piece (1962), performed during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1964
Museum of Modern Art

Lick Piece (1962), performed during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1964
Museum of Modern Art

Lick Piece (1962), performed by Lette Eisenhauer during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1964
Museum of Modern Art

Instruction No. 1
Benjamin Patterson
Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on paper · 1964
Museum of Modern Art

Tour and Examination
Benjamin Patterson
Typewriting on paper · 1963
Museum of Modern Art

A Game: Three Capacities and One Inhibition
Benjamin Patterson
Envelope with typewriting and stamped ink additions, containing four cards with ink and stamped ink additions, one with collage · 1963
Museum of Modern Art

Benjamin Patterson's Paper Piece (1960), performed during Fluxus Festival/Theatre Compositions/Street Compositions/Exhibits/Electronic Music, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1963
Museum of Modern Art

Audience members participating in Paper Piece (1960), performed during Fluxus Festival/Theatre Compositions/Street Compositions/Exhibits/Electronic Music, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1963
Museum of Modern Art

Variations for Double-Bass and Duo for Voice and a String Instrument, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962
Benjamin Patterson
Sixteen gelatin silver prints on board · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Methods & Processes
Benjamin Patterson
Artist's book, offset printed · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Puzzle-Poems
Benjamin Patterson
Metal box containing cut-and-pasted paper puzzle · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Simultaneous Performances, performed during Neo-Dada in der Musik, Kammerspiele, Düsseldorf, June 16, 1962
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 5, Poems 20, 21; 22, 23; and 24, 25
Benjamin Patterson
Collage on card, paper boxes, plastic bag · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962
Benjamin Patterson
Gelatin silver print · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 7, Poems 32, 33, 34, 44 and 36, 37
Benjamin Patterson
Collage on card, paper and linen boxes, plastic bag · 1962
Museum of Modern Art

Overture (Version II), Overture (Version III), and Septet from "Lemons"
Benjamin Patterson
Diazotype on two sheets · 1961
Museum of Modern Art

Paper Piece
Benjamin Patterson
Diazotype · 1960
Museum of Modern Art