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George Brecht (1926-2008)  

Aliases: George MacDiarmid
Professions: Object Artist

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Christie's
Cornette de Saint-Cyr

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Schoppmann & Partner
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Biography

(b New York, 7 March 1926). American sculptor, performance artist and writer. He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science from 1946 to 1950 and in 1958–9 attended the class in Experimental Composition given by John Cage at the New School for Social Research in New York. Like fellow students soon associated with the PERFORMANCE ART events known as Happenings and with the emergence of the FLUXUS movement, Brecht was influenced by Cage’s ... (view more)

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