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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.154.B
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title
Hare Sugar
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Hasenzucker
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1972
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213464

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sugar cube in printed wrapper, cotton wadding, in cardboard box
Dimensions
box: 9 x 11 x 7 cm (3 9/16 x 4 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
sugar cube: 1.7 x 3.5 x 1 cm (11/16 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on sugarcube wrapper in blue ink: J. Beuys; on bottom of box in graphite: Beuys
  • stamp: sugarcube wrapper, blue ink, German: Hauptstrom ["main current']
  • inscription: on bottom of box, graphite, in artist's hand: 16/40
  • stamp: bottom of box, purple ink: edition staeck 69 heidelberg / box 471

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
16 / 40 + XV
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 54, p. 90

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Gift of Charlotte Reber
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.154.B
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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

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