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The first performance was the writing of this MMS...

1962

Medium: Pencil on paper
Dimensions: 7 3/4 × 10 3/8" (19.7 × 26.4 cm)
Genre: drawing
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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John Cage, 1961

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The first performance was the writing of this MMS... by John Cage — VisualArtsDB