Untitled

Untitled

Wolf Vostell

1971

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This photo shows a blurry dog in the foreground, its fur smudged across the bottom edge. Behind it, a group of people stand in a dim room, some holding papers. One man in a white coat gestures toward a wall covered in text—names, dates, and a long letter in German. The lighting is flat, almost like a snapshot, and the whole image feels like a mix of chaos and careful arrangement. The text on the wall is a typed letter, signed by someone named Christoph Scheibler, arguing about an art event called *Happening & Fluxus*. The dog’s pawprint smudge looks intentional, like part of the piece. If you’re curious about how artists use text and unexpected materials, check out lithography.

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