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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.366
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title
Economic Value Instant Gravy
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Speisekuchen
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1977
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Package of instant gravy, inscribed in graphite, cardboard box
Dimensions
13.8 x 7 x 4.2 cm (5 7/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on package at c.r. and on box at c. in graphite: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: u.l. to u.r. on package, graphite, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert ["1 Economic Value"]
  • inscription: l.c. on package, graphite, in artist's hand: 21/40
  • inscription: l.c. on box, graphite, in artist's hand: 21/40
  • stamp: u.l. on package, blue ink: FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
21 / 40 plus X
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 230, p. 214

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
1995.366
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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

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