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- Title
- Optimistic Box No. 1
- Artist
- Robert Filliou
- Date
- 1968
- Dimensions
- 4.625 × 4.375 × 4.25 inches
- Materials
- wood box, with brass hinges and clasps, stone, offset lithograph on paper labels
- Location
- Not on view
Object Details
- Type
- Mixed Media (Multiples)
- Accession Number
- 1992.134
- Style
- Fluxus
- Inscriptions
- In ink on label under lid LR “R.F.” next to his printed name.
- Physical Description
- Wooden box with pink label on lid with black text “Optimistic Box No. 1 Thank god for modern weapons” inside of box on lid pink label with black text “ we don’t throw stones at each other anymore Robert Filliou” wrapped in tissue paper inside the cavity of the box is a cube shaped piece of granite.
- Credit Line
- T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1992
- Object Copyright
- Copyright retained by the artist