Tetsumi KUDO (1935-1990) - Lot 125

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Tetsumi KUDO (1935-1990) - Lot 125
Tetsumi KUDO (1935-1990) Instant Sperm, 1962 Condom wrapped in a pink fabric bow, bearing two wet stamps, one with the author's name and the other with the words Instant Sperm. The one-of-a-kind work is accompanied by a typewritten instruction leaflet on Today's manufactures letterhead, signed Cybernetic Art, Kudo CO LTD and dated 1962: "Instant sperm; excels in efficiency and portability. You can put it in your bag or pocket and use it when you need. Don't be attached to original sperm you must make use of "Instant sperm3 positively, because besides it excels in efficiency at all case, it contributes for reconstruction of your thought according as you are used to use "Instant sperm" (Method of use) - Make it warm. Make a hole with pin on the top. - Squeeze out. The Instant Sperm happening worked with Dry Penis Bottled Humanism performances. Conceived in 1962, they would have been shown in Paris in 1964, when our work was most likely collected. Slightly disintegrated over time. 12 x 10.5 cm approx. (work) 27 x 21 cm (leaflet) Bibliography : Colectif, Tetsumi Kudo, Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 2008, a photograph of the performance during the Libre Expression exhibition at the American Artists Center in Paris on May 26, 1964, showing the distribution of Instant Sperm to the public, is reproduced on page 222, another, on page 223, taken at the Festival de la Libre Expression in Paris at the Théâtre de la Chimère on April 26, 1966, shows Kudo, after distributing his homemade Instant Sperm, tasting one himself (The ingredients inside the condom were yogurt and vodka).
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