George Maciunas. Prospectus for Fluxus Yearboxes, 1962

Rare first version. Olive green stapled wrapper, 20 x 21 cm, housing 4 pp printed black on orange paper. Edited and designed by Maciunas. Printed in time for distribution to the audience at 'Kleinen Sommerfest' at Galerie Parnass in Wuppertal June 9 1962.

The prospectus opens with a dictionary definition of Fluxus, followed by a detailed list of Yearbox contents by artists such as Brecht, La Monte Young, Koepcke, Kaprow, Knowles, Watts, Zazeela et al. Faint vertical fold, else a near fine copy. Provenance: from the library of Fluxus artist Jackson Mac Low, who, together with Maciunas, was on the Editorial Committee for the Yearboxes. Contains a pencil annotation by Low on p. 4 . Ref: Hendricks, Fluxus Codex p. 91.