Telepathic Music No. 2

Robert Filliou French, 1926 - 1987
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About the Artwork

Telepathic Music No. 2

1973

Robert Filliou

1926 - 1987

French

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Cardboard, gelatin silver print, paper, and rubber stamp

Framed: 23 × 23 inches (58.4 × 58.4 cm)

Drawings

Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2023.534.2

Copyright Not Evaluated

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Signed, in black pen, lower right, after inscription: R Filliou

Inscribed, in pencil, under image: Telepathic Music no 2: first random performance with 50 odd [?]| music stands bearing identical scores spread in the garden of the | Academie der Kunste, Berlin, september 1973

Stamped, lower left, on cardboard: PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE | PERMANENT CREATION | WELL MADE ……… | BADLY MADE ……… | NOT MADE ………. Printed on card mounted on cardboard lower right corner: CONCENTRATING SILENTLY | SEND WAVES OF | GREETINGS | WEATHERLUCK | MANLUCK | WOMANLUCK | TO ANY OR ALL OF THE MEMBERS | OF THE ETERNAL NETWORK THE | WORLD AROUND 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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Credit Line for Reproduction

Robert Filliou, Telepathic Music No. 2, 1973, cardboard, gelatin silver print, paper, and rubber stamp. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.534.2.

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Telepathic Music No. 2
Telepathic Music No. 2