Item Information
Title: Video Puzzle
Date: circa 1971
Physical Details: 1 video reel : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. ; 24 min., 27 sec.
Description: Videorecording of gallery performance featuring a nude model in a foreshortened composition reciting letters at predetermined increments to form a statement made by Clement Greenberg in 1952: "I feel that works of art that genuinely puzzle us are almost always of ultimate consequence."
Creator: Davis, Gene, 1920-1985
Forms part of: Gene Davis papers, 1920-2000, bulk 1942-1990
Rights Statement: U.S. public domain
Citation Information: Gene Davis. Video Puzzle, circa 1971. Gene Davis papers, 1920-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 10688