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Smile Flux Machine for Yoko Ono
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Plastic box with printed label featuring a printed photograph of a human face, the mouth of which two hands are forcing into a smile. These words are printed along the side: "smile flux machine for yoko ono by george maciunas." Inside there is a small contraption (made of hardware, a spring, and two pieces of plastic) that might conceivably (ironically) be used to force lips into a smile.
Rights: © George Maciunas Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Department of Prints
Barbara Moore Bound/Unbound New York New York partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums June 28 2005.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound
Title: Smile Flux Machine for Yoko Ono
Description:
Plastic box with printed label featuring a printed photograph of a human face, the mouth of which two hands are forcing into a smile.
These words are printed along the side: "smile flux machine for yoko ono by george maciunas.
" Inside there is a small contraption (made of hardware, a spring, and two pieces of plastic) that might conceivably (ironically) be used to force lips into a smile.
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