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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.757
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Economic Value Whole Grain Crackers
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Vollkornkeks
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1977-1980
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Package of crackers, inscribed in black fiber-tip ink, stamped
Dimensions
3.8 x 11.5 x 7 cm (1 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black fiber-tip ink at u.r.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: l. c., black fiber-tip ink, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert ["1 Economic Value"]
  • stamp: l.r., black fiber-tip ink, German: Hauptstrom [main current]

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
1995.757
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Victoria Bunting, "Fat, Sulphur, Chocolate, and Blood: Storage Preservation and a Condition Survey for a Large Collection of Works by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Exhibition History

  • Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhäuser, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/04/2001 - 12/16/2001
  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022

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