The Universal Machine by George Brecht

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This is one of a limited edition ‘Universal Machines’ created by listed artist George Brecht (1926 – 2008). This work of art is a black linen box containing a plane of glass on a box, with sheet of paper printed with colleague clip-art. On top of the collage sit 10 objects: a large metal screw, a broken piece of mirror, two small red beads, a stone bead, a metal ring, a stone, two small nails and a wooden numeral 4. This is number 65 of 111 signed copies. Cologne, Germany: Edition MAT MOT and Galerie der Spiegel, 1965. Brecht was a leading member of a group of Conceptual artists of the early 1960’s called Fluxus. Brecht lived in the USA until 1965, when he moved to Europe, settling in Cologne in 1972.

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13CIN191-007

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