A stylized elk printed in red ink on off-white paper.
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The elk is printed in bright reddish-orange ink. The body is set within a rectangle with rounded corners. The body of the elk is long and highlighted by two long areas of white along the stomach. The snout is elongated, the prongs of the horns are variously shaped and haphazardly placed on the head. The front legs end higher than the rear. The tail curves inward.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.38
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Grafos Verlag, Vaduz
Published by Verlag Schellmann & Klüser
Title
Elk
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Elch
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, print
Date
1975
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218178

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in colored inks on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 53.3 x 75.5 cm (21 x 29 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Beuys
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: 6/75

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
6 / 75
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 160, p. 170

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
1996
Object Number
1996.38
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Reflections of Fascism, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, 12/17/2001 - 03/01/2002
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/10/2020 - 04/18/2022

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