One Year

George Maciunas · 1973–74

Before you is One Year — an installation by George Maciunas, nineteen seventy-three to nineteen seventy-four. Various empty containers and packaging — about 2.2 by 7 meters. It is one of the largest things in this museum — about 54 times the area of a typical work here.

Medium Various empty containers and packaging · Dimensions installation (approx.): 85 13/16 × 275 7/8 × 4 1/4" (218 × 700.7 × 10.8 cm) · Credit The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift

Hanging beside it in Gallery 412: Waiting for Commercials, Picasso Signature

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Coffee and Tea Box for the Dutch company Van Nelle, DEC. 18, 1979, DEC. 17, 1979, MAY 20, 1967, Grocery Store, Come on the Telephone

More by George Maciunas here: Apron (Stomach Anatomy Apron)