Five film reel cases stacked on top of each other.
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Five film reels cases stacked on top of each other and shown vertically. They are silver-grey in color on a white background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.280
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition René Block
Published by Multiples, New York
Title
The Silence
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Das Schweigen
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
sculpture, multiple
Date
1973
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/177950

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Five reels of 35 mm film, lacquered and galvanized in copper and zinc
Dimensions
26.3 x 38 x 38 cm (10 3/8 x 14 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
20 / 50
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 80, p. 116-117

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Edmée Busch Greenough Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.280
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997
  • Hard Pressed: 600 Years of Prints and Process, AXA Gallery, New York, 11/02/2000 - 01/14/2001
  • Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 01/28/2006 - 03/08/2006
  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/13/2016 - 04/07/2017

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