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A black and white photograph of a person wearing a hat.

The black and white photograph shows a person wearing a gray fedora hat with a black band. The photograph is taken from above so only the hat, a portion of the collar of a light-colored jacket and the right arm is visible. The right arm has a watch on the wrist, the arm is raised, a marker is held in the hand. The marker is to the right of the name “Joseph Beuys” which is inscribed on an off-white background. There is other writing on the background, but it is illegible.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.107
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Bonner Kunstverein
Title
Bonn Kunstverein 11.8.1977
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Bonner Kunstverein 8.11.1977
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, photograph
Date
1977
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217985

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
30 x 23.8 cm (11 13/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in brown ink at u.l.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: l.l., brown ink, handwritten: 12/21
  • stamp: on verso at l.l., black ink: Foto: F. Fischer / 53 Bonn-Buschdorf / Klosterweg 21 / PSch-Kto. Köln 27 44 43 566
  • stamp: on verso at l.r., black ink: BONNER KUNSTVEREIN / MECKENHEIMER ALLEE 87/111 / 5300 BONN 1 / TEL. 0 22 21 / 63 62 35
  • inscription: on verso at l.c., graphite: A744/88 M84773 F [auction numbers]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
12 / 21
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 224, p. 213

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
1997
Object Number
1997.107
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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