Benjamin Patterson

A Game: Three Capacities and One Inhibition

Museum of Modern Art · c. 1963

Envelope with typewriting and stamped ink additions, containing four cards with ink…

A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 1, Poem 2

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Collage on card, yogurt cups, plastic bag · Multiple

A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 5, Poems 20, 21; 22, 23; and 24, 25

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Collage on card, paper boxes, plastic bag · Multiple

A Volume of Collected Poems, Volume 7, Poems 32, 33, 34, 44 and 36, 37

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Collage on card, paper and linen boxes, plastic bag · Multiple

Audience members participating in Paper Piece (1960), performed during Fluxus Festival/Theatre Compositions/Street Compositions/Exhibits/Electronic Music, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963

Museum of Modern Art · 1963

Gelatin silver print · Photograph

Benjamin Patterson's Paper Piece (1960), performed during Fluxus Festival/Theatre Compositions/Street Compositions/Exhibits/Electronic Music, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963

Museum of Modern Art · 1963

Gelatin silver print · Photograph

Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double-Bass, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Gelatin silver print · Photograph

Duo for Voice and a String Instrument performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Gelatin silver print · Photograph

Instruction No. 1

Museum of Modern Art · 1964

Felt-tip pen and stamped ink on paper · Drawing

Instruction No. 2

Museum of Modern Art · 1965

Plastic box with offset label, containing soap and hand towel with stamped…

Instruction No. 2 from Fluxkit

Museum of Modern Art · 1965

Plastic box with offset label, containing cloth towel with stamped ink ·…

Methods & Processes

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Artist's book, offset printed · Illustrated Book

Overture (Version II), Overture (Version III), and Septet from "Lemons"

Museum of Modern Art · c. 1961

Diazotype on two sheets · Print

Paper Piece

Museum of Modern Art · 1960

Ink on two sheets of paper with mailed envelope · Drawing

Puzzle-Poems

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Metal box containing cut-and-pasted paper puzzle · Multiple

Second Solo Dance from Lemons, Traffic Light, and Ants

Museum of Modern Art · c. 1960-62

Diazotype · Print

Tour and Examination

Museum of Modern Art · 1963

Typewriting on paper · Print

Trout Bag

Museum of Modern Art · 1981

Canvas satchel containing fabric patch, packet of metal sinkers, fishing license and…

Lick Piece (1962), performed by Lette Eisenhauer during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964

Museum of Modern Art · 1964

Gelatin silver print · Photograph

Variations for Double-Bass

Museum of Modern Art · c. 1962

Typed carbon paper transfer on four sheets of paper · Print

Lick Piece (1962), performed during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964

Museum of Modern Art · 1964

Gelatin silver print · Photograph

Variations for Double-Bass and Duo for Voice and a String Instrument, performed during Kleines Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany, June 9, 1962

Museum of Modern Art · 1962

Sixteen gelatin silver prints on board · Photograph