About the Artwork
Telepathic Music No. 1
1972
Robert Filliou
1926 - 1987
French
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Collage on cardboard
Overall (board): 22 1/2 × 23 inches (57.2 × 58.4 cm) Framed: 23 × 23 × 2 inches (58.4 × 58.4 × 5.1 cm)
Drawings
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.534.1
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Upper left sheet, signed and dated, in pencil, lower right corner: R. Filliou 72 Signed, in pencil, on cardboard lower right: R Filliou
Upper left sheet: titled, in pencil, top center: Telepathic Music no 1 Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner of top, left page: 1 Upper right sheet: Titled, in pencil, top center: Telepathic Music no 1 | (for the 3d eye) Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner of top, right page: 2 Lower left sheet: Titled, in pencil, top center: Telepathic Music no 1: Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner of lower, left page: 3 Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Telepathy Inscribed, in black pen, on cardboard lower right: score 1, 2, 3 for Telepathic Music no 1
Stamped, center of sheet: PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE | PERMANENT CREATION | WELL MADE ……… | BADLY MADE ……… | NOT MADE ………. [Inscribed by hand: Telepathy] Stamped, center of sheet: PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE | PERMANENT CREATION | WELL MADE ……… | BADLY MADE ……… | NOT MADE ………. [Inscribed by hand: Telepathy] Stamped, center of sheet: PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE | PERMANENT CREATION | WELL MADE ……… | BADLY MADE ……… | NOT MADE ………. [Inscribed by hand: ?] Stamped, lower right on cardboard: PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE | PERMANENT CREATION | WELL MADE ……… | BADLY MADE ……… [check mark, inscribed by hand] | NOT MADE ………. Printed and typed exhibition label verso: MASS MoCA | MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | 1940 MASS MoCA WAY NORTH ADAMS MASSACHUSETTS 01247 | FLUXUS GAMES | From the Gilbert and Lila | Silverman | Fluxus Collection Foundation, | Detroit | June 15, 2001 – January 13, 2002 Yaw Gallery Label verso: YAW | GALLERY | [address] Printed UV protection label lower left verso: ULTRAVIOLET FILTER ACRYLIC | SHEET COVERS WITH ARTWORK. | CLEAN ONLY WITH ACRYLIC | CLEANER AND FACIAL TISSUE
Provenance
1984, sold by (John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York, USA);1984-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2023
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Robert Filliou, Telepathic Music No. 1, 1972, collage on cardboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.534.1.
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