Ben Vautier LIFE IS COMPETITION Print signed and justified in pencil

Ben : (1935-) pseudonym for Benjamin Vautier, is a french artist of swiss origins who was born in Napoli, in Italy. He is publicly renowned since the end of the 1960's for his range of "writings" on different mediums and of different shapes. He was part of the post-moderne avant-garde, and is one of the main founders of the Fluxus group. He is famous for his performances, installations and writings.

Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (Italy)
Walker Art Center (The USA)
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart Am Stadtgarten (Switzerland)
MacVal (France)
La maison particulière (Belgium)
FRAC Poitou-Charente (France)
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France)
FRAC Alsace (France)
Musée d'art de Toulon (France)
Musée d'art moderne Ceret (France)
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (Germany)
Deutsche Bank Art Collection (Germany)
Musée d'art Moderne et contemporain de Nice (MAMAC) (France)
Les Abattoirs - FRAC Midi Pyrénées (France)
The Emily Harvey Foundation (The USA)
Collection Antoine de Galbert (France)
MAC Lyon (Musée d'art contemporain) (France)
Queensland art Gallery (Australia)
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (The USA)
Sammlung Maria und Walter Schnepel
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA) (Belgium)
FRAC Nord Pas de Calais (France)
FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon (France)
Fonds Municipal d'art contemporain de Paris (France)
Musée Régional d'art contemporain Languedoc Roussillon (France)
Arts Council of England (United Kingdom)
Artothèque, Pessac (France)
Artothèque du Limousin + FACLIM (France)
Serithèque (France)
Centre Pompidou - Musée national d'art moderne (France)
Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg (France)
Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein (Liechtenstein)
The National Museum of Art, Osaka (Japan)
Artothèque, Grenoble (France)
ACAPA (Artothèque Angoulême) (France)
Horsens Kunstmuseum (Denmark)
The Whitney Museum of American Art (The USA)
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
CIAC Centre international d'art contemporain du château de Carros (France)
Kunstmuseum Luzern (Switzerland)
Collection Thomas Neirynck (Belgium)
National Gallery of modern art (New Delhi) (India)
Centre national des arts plastiques (France)
Collezione Maramotti (Italy)
Artothèque de Saint Priest (France)
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (France)
Camille von Scholz collection (France)
Museum FLUXUS+ (Germany)
Museo Villa Croce (Italy)
Collection Eric Fabre
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève (Switzerland)
Collection Michel Fedoroff (Monaco)
mglc (Slovenia)
Bündner Kunstmuseum (Switzerland)
Artothèque, Besançon (France)
FRAC Rhône-Alpes (France)
Artothèque, Nantes (France)
Centre de la gravure et de l'image imprimée (Belgium)