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# The Original: John Cage, "4'33" (In Proportional Notation)" (1952/1953)
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-original-john-cage-433-in-proportional-notation-19521953/
- Published: 2013-09-27T16:59:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:34:37.000Z
- Description: The original version of John Cage's "4'33" (In Proportional Notation)" will go on display at the Museum of Modern Art as part of There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4'33" (October 12, 2013–June 22, 2014).
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Art, John Cage, Photo Essays, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

![John Cage, "4'33" (In Proportional Notation)" (1952/1953), ink on paper, each page: 11 x 8 1⁄2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Henry Kravis in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis, 2012. © 2013 John Cage Trust (all images courtesy MoMA)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/09/cage_433_1-640-title.jpg)

John Cage, “4’33” (In Proportional Notation)” (1952/1953), ink on paper, each page: 11 x 8 1⁄2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Henry Kravis in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis, 2012\. © 2013 John Cage Trust (all images courtesy MoMA)

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The original version of John Cage’s “[4’33”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3?ref=hyperallergic.com) (In Proportional Notation)” will go on display at the Museum of Modern Art as part of [*There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4’33”*](http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1421?ref=hyperallergic.com) (October 12, 2013–June 22, 2014).