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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.741
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Economic Value Honey Substitute
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Kunsthonig
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1977-1980
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215375

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Honey substitute in paper container, inscribed in graphite, stamped, wooden box
Dimensions
7 x 8 x 8 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
wooden box: 11.5 x 11.5 x 8 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on container lid in graphite at u.c.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: c. on top of container, graphite, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert ["1 Economic Value"]
  • stamp: c. on container, black ink, German: Hauptstrom ["main current"]

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
1995.741
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022

Verification Level

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