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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.156
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Jonas Hafner, German (1940 -)
Published by Jonas Hafner, German (1940 -)
Title
Peace Celebration
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Friedensfeier
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
book, multiple
Date
1973
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218286

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Photocopies in clear plastic slipcovers and vinyl looseleaf binder
Technique
Photocopy
Dimensions
32 x 28.5 x 8 cm (12 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
sheet: 29.8 x 21.1 x 8 cm (11 3/4 x 8 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.c. of page 6, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: Jonas Hafner
  • stamp: u.c. of page 3, blue ink, German: Hauptstrom
  • inscription: page 3, black ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: ich rüfe die Seele Jochem / die Seele Jochem schreit: / "Gib mir Honig!" // J.B. 73
  • inscription: on verso of page 2, at c.c., black ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Friedensfeier [In Hafner's hand.]
  • inscription: on verso of page 2, at l.l., black ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Exemplar 8/11 [In Hafner's hand.]
  • inscription: on verso of page 2, at l.c, black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 73 [In Hafner's hand.]
  • inscription: on verso of page 2, at l.r., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: Jonas Hafner
  • inscription: page 1, pink and purple fiber-tip inks, handwritten, in artist's hand: [metapoli...?] [Illegible word written once in pink and once in purple ink; in Hafner's hand]
  • inscription: on recto of page 2, at u.c., black ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Verlag eigen [In Hafner's hand.]
  • inscription: on recto of page 2, at l.c., black ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Auflage des Buches 10 + eins [In Hafner's hand.]
  • inscription: on verso of page 3, at u.c., graphite, handwritten, German: Innentitel von Jonas Hafner und Joseph Beuys / aus dem "Friedensfeier"--Buch / Nr 8/11 / Frühjahr 1973
  • inscription: on recto of page 6 at u.c., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: Jonas Hafner / 6 / 4 / 1987 ["6" in u.l. quadrant of signature; "4" in u.r. quadrant of signature; "1987" in l.l. quadrant of signature.]
  • inscription: on verso of pages 2-107, at u.l., graphite, handwritten: [page numbers]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
8 / 11
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 66, p. 100

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Gift of Charlotte Reber
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.156
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Contains 107 individual photocopies in plastic sleeves, each numbered in graphite on verso at upper left corner. Stamp and inscription on page 3 by Beuys; graphite drawing and inscription on pages 1, 2 and 6 by Hafner. Possible screenprint on p. 46. Pages 1 and 46 are larger sheets, folded in half. Print inserted into the spine of the blue vinyl binder.

Verification Level

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