31858055133775_001

TITLE: Flux Medicine
DATE:
1966
ARTIST:
Kubota, Shigeko
DIMENSIONS:
  • 11.8
  • 9.0
  • 2.5
Materials
Plastic; Paper; Ink; Cotton; Glass; Metal; Styrofoam; Rubber
Description

Clear plastic medicine box with a black and white label depicting a pill with “FLUX MEDICINE” printed on it. Inside the box, in separate compartments, are three cotton balls, two foam disks, twelve small white plastic pill-like balls, two medicine droppers, two clear pill capsules (empty), a folded Band-Aid by Johnson & Johnson, a syringe, and a medicine bottle stained with the remains of a brownish liquid. The syringe says “YALE 25” on one side, and “B-D 25” on the other.