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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.409
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edizioni Factotum-Art, Verona
Title
Oil Can F.I.U.
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Ölkanne F.I.U.
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, object
Date
1980
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213462

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metal container with lid, green oil paint, olive oil, stamped
Dimensions
53 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (20 7/8 x 12 x 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on label on lid in graphite at c.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: u.l. on label, graphite, in artist's hand: 3/50
  • stamp: u.l. on cover, black ink, German: Hauptstrom ["main current"]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
3 / 50 plus X plus 2 a.p.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 329, p. 267

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
1995.409
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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

Verification Level

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