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Assorted Samples 1992 [u] 9.5 x 13.5 x 0.5 cm manila folder containing 8 plastic sheets w/ assorted art samples. |
| [photo not available] | The Book of Common Prayer 1990/91 [u] book of stained glass windows selectively subtracted by overinking; plus text: inked out printed text w/ tissue overlay & rub-on drop caps forming sequentially the phrase "o please please please"; in handmade self-locking manila folder. |
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Box Box 1993 11.5 x 9.5 x 2 cm hair-covered box containing inset photo of GL WSH.BX; with introverted paintbrush attached to inside lid. |
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Box City 1993 [u] 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm (approx.) assorted proof-sheet photos, mounted, with dates the artworks therein shown were destroyed; with cover sheet inscribed: "BOX CITY HERE LIE nine original artworks that were completely destroyed by a person or persons unknown, 1983-86"; matchbox project commissioned by the Institute of Cultural Inquiry. |
| [photo not available] | Cherchez la flamme (Lot #369) 1990/91 [u] handmade folder containing nude photos and other photo fragments, xeroxes, razor blade in plastic bag, etc; ribbon tie w/ alligator clip. |
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The Dadashop Quartet 1991/92 [m] 10 x 24.2 x 0.4 cm booklet containing vocal composition; cover photo of first performance. |
| [photo not available] | Deformed Bats 1993 [m] [v] 28 x 21 cm computer drawing with hand inking. |
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Doodle Book (MOF Sammlung) 1992/93 [u] 22.5 x 19 x 3 notebook of assorted drawings in clear plastic holders. |
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Experiment 04RR.5 1992 [u] 12.7 x 9.2 x 5.6 cm wood box with misc. items incl. 3 pigment-filled glass bottles with bottle rests; condom-DNA spiral; inside lid are carbon stick and cardboard stick connected by copper wires. |
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15 Art Samples 1991/92 [u] 10 x 15 x 2 cm album-style booklet containing 15 "professional quality art samplesfor home and business use." |
| [photo not available] | 4 shark cards (Lot #1) 1991 [m] [v] [e: 4] 4 shark outlines on pattern backgrounds; also used as invitation cards for the "35 Dinner". |
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GL WSH.BX 1992 [u] 24 x 32 x 10.5 cm stained & burned wood box divided into 12 compartments, 10 containing small objects with hidden good wish, 1 containing ordinary cobblestone, 1 containing cross of pencil lead & copper wire. |
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The History of Flight Sammlung 1992/93 [u] 23 x 17.5 x 1 cm (closed) stamp album containing assorted items. |
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Immobilized Pictures 1990/91 [u] film box with smothered reel; circle cutout of Mona Lisa's eyes & nose glued to felt at bottom; eyes show through holes at center of reel. |
| [photo not available] | Installation Sketches 1992 [u] collages: 29 x 21 cm each. MOF Installation nos.: H-9029 Compass Windows H-9031 Head-On Encounter H-1006 Failure H-9032/33 Wooden Soldier and Informalin H-1007 Good News, Bad News H-1008 Labyrinth |
| [photo not available] | Installations 1992- [u] collages: 29 x 21 cm each. MOF Installation nos.: B-1118 The Flounder and the Fisherwoman N-7012 When I Was Twelve, I Saw the Great Cathedrals of North America H-1123 Clytemnestra, Cassandra, & Antigone Talk It Over C-121 Echo and Narcissus Have It Out H-1128 Template H-1318 Doubled Diptych |
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Piazza S. Gaetano, Naples 1958/1992 [u] 29 x 21 cm work on paper contributed to the oeuvre of John Baldessari; part of the MOF "generics" program; medium: baldessari. |
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Josef Albers: Studies in Transmitted Light 1993 [u] variable dimensions set of digital images extending Albersıs reflected-light color studies into the realm of transmitted light; each image being a study in the color properties of transmitted light viewable through such devices as computer monitors; a posthumous work. |
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The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart 1992/93 [u] 24 x 32 x 10.5 cm stained wood box divided into 3 compartments: 1 containing loop of hemp and hairbrush-goddess on clay rests; 1 containing rock cube covered in butterfly wings; 1 containing small clay egg in black wire cage in rusted wire nest; child's labyrinth & title depicted on inside lid. Created for the MOF by Ako Joop. |
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Limited Artistic License (Lot #25) 1990 [m] [v] 7.5 x 10.5 cm license not to do art; laminated mixed media; shown here is the Museum director's LAL. |
| [photo not available] | Lot #49 1990/91 [u] dismembered book/jacket: gutted commercially printed book on Eduard Manet w/ central pages glued into folder for "Inclinations" book/jacket pages in color xerox; w/ small rubylith man doing handstand on Olympia's pubes; w/ mnemonic equivalents pasted in front cover. |
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Mal à la tête 1992 [u] plastic box of chocolates, candies replaced by 8 ball-like items & one skull; lid bearing the German word ³Gift² (poison). |
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The Museum of Forgery 1990- [v] virtual institution dedicated to promoting an appreciation of the aesthetics of forgery. |
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The Museum of Forgery web site 1993- [v] this web site; shown here in its current version (the third). |
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9 Designs (Josef Albers: Late Graphic Works) 1992 [m] 18.5 x 13 (x 1) cm nine designs from "Josef Albers Postcards" printed in pairs, white on black, on nine cards; plus cover card; in box. |
| [photo not available] | 9 Designs (Josef Albers: Late Graphic Works); with text by Friederike Most, 1993 [m] 21 x 14 cm nine designs from "Josef Albers Postcards" printed in pairs, white on black, on nine cards; plus cover card; plus text; in folder. |
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9 Josef Albers Postcards 1992 [m] 11.4 x 16.4 x 0.4 cm series of posthumous Albers graphics printed as though from a U.S. stamp series; nine postcards with cover card in glassine envelope. |
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The Oeuvre of Salvador Dali Reduced to a Reasonable Size 1992-93 [u] 30.5 x 23 x 1 cm commercially printed book of Dali paintings with most images severely edited by overpainting; rebound and contributed by the MOF to the oeuvre of Salvador Dali. |
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The Photographer's Handbook 1992/1994 [m] [v] [e: 2] 28 x 20.5 cm handbound book book w/ altered images and maxims for photographers; created in two versions; shown here: "Any diagonal interrupting the plane carries the full weight of the ego." |
| [photo not available] | Raw Materials Kit #MOF-30593-LE 1993 [u] 26 x 21 x 3 cm (closed) maroon leather photo album containing assorted b&w images; plus contract signed by artist; copy of contract kept by MOF. |
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Raw Materials Kit #MOF-30593-LP 1993 [u] 28 x 20 x 6 cm (closed) Brown zippered leather case contining miscellaneous items; plus contract signed by artist; copy of contract kept by MOF. |
| [photo not available] | Rooms Where Things Happen 1993 [u] 27 x 42 cm (open) 8 photo collages with text. |
| [photo not available] | Sacred Cow series [m] [v] 1993 approx. 26 x 18-20 cm various Monet reproductions overprinted with cows; some further designated as new wallpaper designs. |
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Sample Box (MOF) 1993 [m] box of five sample projects from the MOF, including, clockwise from top: "The Dadashop Quartet"; "Limited Artistic License"; "Shark's Pocket: a posthumous duchamp"; "Smothered Art"; "9 Josef Albers Postcards". |
| [photo not available] | Scripts #1 (MOF Sammlung) 1991/92 [u] 32 x 29 x 3.5 cm (closed) grey notebook with individual pages of journal in clear plastic holders. |
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Shark's Pocket 1991 [u] 11 x 17 x 2 cm overall a "shark's pocket" made of genuine faux sealskin; contains secret item; part of the MOF "generics" program; a posthumous duchamp. |
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Shark's Pocket: a posthumous duchamp 1993 [m] 24 x 15 cm overall card with text and photo of "Shark's Pocket". |
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64 Changes (Lot #64) 1990/93 [u] 17 x 24 x 2 cm book of 64 original I Ching hexagrams rendered in black & white with a new commentary; assembled with 2 screw-posts; hand-bound in brown leather; number "64" stamped on cover (silver over black). |
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Smothered Art (Lot #4) 1991 [m] [e: 500] 12.5 x 8.2 x 0.7 cm overall flash cards with directions for destroying art; 21 cards with specific methods, 2 blank cards, 1 cover card. |
| [photo not available] | Snap Judgments 1992 [u] 30 x 22.5 x 1 cm (closed) stamp album containing b&w photos of men organized in taxonomies of judgment. |
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Snotrags 1992 [u] an authorized forgery by Yolande McKay; work includes the following instructions: ³Only a sick person can complete this forgery. Please wait until you have active allergies, runny nose, or any condition that may require the expulsion of mucilage through the nose (oral phlegm is also suitable). An off center target area may be preferable. Step 1: Blow your nose or in some other projetile manner apply mucoid matter to snotrag provided. You may repeat this step as many times as you like. Step 2: Decide which abstract painter's work your creation most resembles; apply forged signature with small brush and paint.² |
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Solstice 1 1992 [m] [v] [e: 12] 32 x 29 x 3.5 cm (closed) gray office-type notebooks with 5 pockets containing works by C. Dillbohner, L. Erikson, Y. McKay, Hu D. Seidz, T.V. Trotter; intro page with text by R. Allen; airmail envelope announcing mailing. |
| [photo not available] | Solstice 2 1993 [m] [v] [e: 12] maps and photographs providing clues to locations of buried sections of one "Solstice 1" set; inserted in plastic holders for inclusion in "Solstice 1" notebook. |
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Souvenir Of 1992 [m] [v] [e: 4] 15 x 23 x 0.3 cm (closed) 4 books of black and red tracings relating to the history of flight. |
| [photo not available] | Triple-Cunted Goddess 1992 [u] 61 x 29 x 10 cm (max) stick with carved head; torso wrapped in waxed thread reveals three knothole cunts (red, pink, and lt green); foot wrapped in lead; goddess wired to wooden cross engraved INRI on cross arm. |
| [photo not available] | Virtual Oxymorons (Lot #637) 1990/91 [u] burned cedar box including "637 Genuine Miniatures" (art samples cut out with hole punch); "Blue Sound" (sound tape from film "Blue" immobilized in beeswax); and "Original Forgery" (two slides of gold leaf mounted in lid); plus glassine sheet listing three virtual oxymorons. |
| [photo not available] | Why Are We Born 1990- [u] 12.5 x 25 x 9 cm (box) black box with glass front panel engraved with phrase "WHY ARE WE BORN"; inside is stick carved with woman's headless torso, naturalistic down to hips; large green-pigmented knothole serves as cunt; reverts to stick below; at back is cow/shark/TO HUNT/TO CUNT wallpaper. Joint project with Institute of Cultural Inquiry. |
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Note: This work has seven titles, one for each day of the week. On any given day, it should be referred to by the title pertaining to that day, as follows: Sunday: Troy, west walls Monday: Pergamon, interior walls Tuesday: Mycenae, doorway Wednesday: Babel, ? Thursday: China, Great Wall Friday: Lighthouse, Alexandria, base Saturday: Uqbar, amphitheater 1990 [u] 17.5 x 23.8 x 8.4 cm mixed media box containing one dozen roughly cubical stones. |