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TITLE: New Flux Year
DATE:
between 1965 and 1967
ARTIST:
Maciunas, George
DIMENSIONS:
  • box: 11.9; snake: 48.2
  • box: 6.8; snake: 5
  • 7
Materials
Cardboard; Cloth; Paint; Metal; Fishing Line; Assemblage
Description

Teal rectangular box with an embossed black leopard-skin pattern. Top printed with “TOP” (in white) and side printed with “pull” (also in white). When white tab on side is pulled, a cloth snake in yellow and white springs out and a squeaking noise is heard. The snake has a piece of clear fishing line tied to its top, probably for display purposes. According to MoMA, other versions of this box contained confetti printed with the words “Happy Flux Year.” It’s possible that this box originally contained confetti as well.