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Lot 77
Fluxus Chicago 2012 “Frangipani Issue / The Unnameables” Artistamp Sheets & Ephemera Composition
Estimate: $50 - $150
Starting Bid
$10
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This mixed artistamp composition brings together multiple Fluxus-related stamp sheets and ephemera produced in connection with Fluxfest Chicago 2012, combining floral imagery, portrait medallions, silhouetted profiles, and souvenir stamp formats into a visually dense, archival presentation.
The work prominently features the “Frangipani Issue”, a repeating grid of white frangipani flowers rendered in photographic stamp format, alongside multiple sheets titled “The Unnameables – Souvenir Issue”, composed of silhouetted head profiles referencing anonymity, identity, and Fluxus performance traditions. These elements are paired with portrait-based artistamps, denomination markings, and decorative borders typical of mail art and Fluxus multiples.
Additional inset imagery includes photographic performance documentation and portrait ephemera layered across the stamp sheets, reinforcing the participatory and documentary nature of Fluxus practice. The overall layout reads as both an archive and an artwork, emphasizing repetition, seriality, and the postal system as artistic medium.
The piece aligns with the Fluxus and mail art tradition, where artistamps function as conceptual objects rather than postal currency, continuing a lineage associated with George Maciunas and international Fluxus gatherings. The Chicago 2012 reference places the work within a specific historical Fluxus event context.
This composition is presented unframed and appears to consist of original artist-produced stamp sheets and related printed material.
Fluxus art, artistamp sheets, mail art, Fluxfest Chicago 2012, Frangipani Issue, The Unnameables, conceptual art, Fluxus multiples, postal art, artist stamps, experimental printmaking, performance art ephemera, contemporary Fluxus
Condition Report
Overall good condition. Sheets appear intact with visible handling wear consistent with artistamp and ephemera material. Minor edge wear and surface irregularities may be present. No major tears or losses observed. Not examined outside of photographed presentation.
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