Portrait of Mary, by Yoko Ono
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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.
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