The socket of a light bulb affixed to a lemon, and accompanying square wooden box
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A light bulb sits in a black plastic socket, the prongs of which have been inserted into a lemon. The glass of the bulb is painted yellow, matching the lemon. This is accompanied by a printed card, and a small wooden box, which is slightly larger than the bulb and lemon assemblage. The title and the artist’s name are printed in yellow lettering on the removable top panel of the box, above the line “nach 1000 Stunden Batterie auswechseln”. Another line appears along the bottom of that panel, “Edizione Lucio Amelio Napoli 1985”. This text repeats on the card which is signed and numbered.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.552.A-C
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edizioni Lucio Amelio
Title
Capri Battery
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Capri-Batterie
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
sculpture, multiple
Date
1985
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215327

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light bulb, socket, printed card, printed wooden box
Dimensions
box: 18.4 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm (7 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on card in graphite at c.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: c. on card, graphite, in artist's hand: 162/200

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
162 / 200 plus a few a.p.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 546, p. 399

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
1995.552.A-C
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
  • Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhäuser, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/04/2001 - 12/16/2001
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/04/2018 - 04/09/2019

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