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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.220
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Galerie René Block, Berlin
Title
Sled
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Schlitten
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
sculpture, multiple
Date
1969
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218164

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wooden sled, felt, straps, flashlight, fat, brown oil paint ("Browncross")
Dimensions
35 x 90 x 35 cm (13 3/4 x 35 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
14 / 50 plus 5 h.c.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 12, p. 52-53

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, The Jorie Marshall Waterman '96 and Gwendolyn Dunaway Waterman '93 Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.220
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Suzanne Volmer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Rebecca Horn, Sculpture, International Sculpture Center (June 2015), Vol. 34, No. 5, p. 70

Exhibition History

  • Joseph Beuys: The Sled as Symbol, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 06/04/1996 - 09/04/1996
  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000
  • Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments, Menil Collection, Houston, 10/08/2004 - 01/02/2005
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/23/2015

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