1995.450: The Economic Value PRINCIPLE

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.450

People

Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg

Title

The Economic Value PRINCIPLE

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Das Wirtschaftswert-PRINZIP

Classification

Multiples

Work Type

multiple, object

Date

1981

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/213463

Physical Descriptions

Medium

package of dried peas, inscribed in black ink, 34 printed postcards, printed cardboard boxes

Dimensions

box: 6 x 27 x 19 cm (2 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
package of peas: 18 x 10 x 19 cm (7 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on package in black ink and graphite on lid: Joseph Beuys
• inscription: c. on lid of box, graphite, in artist's hand: 13/25
• inscription: u.c. on package, black ink, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert ["1 Economic Value"]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

13 / 25 plus V (plus 20 unnumbered (w/ other Economic Values)

Standard Reference Number

Schellmann 393, p. 309

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

1995.450

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

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

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