Portrait of Mary, by Yoko Ono

Send a canvas to a Mary of any country and have

her paste her photograph.

Have her send the canvas to the next Mary of any

country to do the same.

When the canvas is filled up with photographs of

Marys, it should be sent back to the original

sender.

The name does not have to be Mary. It can also

be a fictional name, in which case the canvas will

be sent to different countries until a person with

such a name will be found. The object to paste

on the canvas does not have to be a photograph.

It can be a numeral figure, an insect, or a finger-

print.

From “Instruction Paintings,” by Yoko Ono. (Weatherhill Inc.: $19.95; 64 pp.) 1995 Reprinted by permission.