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Telepathic Music No. 3

Robert Filliou French, 1926 - 1987
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About the Artwork

Telepathic Music No. 3

1973

Robert Filliou

1926 - 1987

French

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Deck of cards, mounted on cardboard

Overall (board): 23 × 22 1/2 inches (58.4 × 57.2 cm) Framed: 23 × 23 inches (58.4 × 58.4 cm)

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Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2023.534.3

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Initialed and dated, in black pen, lower right after second inscription: R.F. 73

Inscribed, in black pen, inside a square, lower right: Telepathic Music no 3 | blindfolded, performer | invites each member | of an audience to pick | up a card from a | pack. This done, he | (or she) proposes: | “please do keep | your card. It’s a | telepathic gift.” Inscribed, in black pen, inside a square, lower far right: per chance | the telepathy | comes after, | when looking | at the card and | remembering | the event

Stamped, on a piece of yellow lined paper glued down to the cardboard lower left: PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE | PERMANENT CREATION | WELL MADE ……… | BADLY MADE ……… | 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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Credit Line for Reproduction

Robert Filliou, Telepathic Music No. 3, 1973, deck of cards, mounted on cardboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.534.3.

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