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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.734
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Economic Value Onion Powder
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Zwiebelgewürz
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1977-1980
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215374

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Package of onion powder, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped
Dimensions
13.5 x 9 x 1 cm (5 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in red fiber-tip ink at u.c.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: l.c., red fiber-tip ink, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert ["1 Economic Value"]
  • stamp: c., blue ink: FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

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
1995.734
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
  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022

Verification Level

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