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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.474.A-C
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Hundertmark, Berlin
Title
...and Reels of Thread Which are Hard to Find Again
Other Titles
Original Language Title: ... und schwer wiederzufindende Garnrollen
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1982
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218611

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Spool of thread, section of fish vertebrae, scissors, and book, in cardboard box
Dimensions
18 x 24 x 2 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in felt-tip on spool of thread
  • inscription: Signed in felt tip on spool of thread 15/33

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
15 / 33 plus 3 a.p.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 48, p. 84; 445, p. 342

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, and Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.474.A-C
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Verification Level

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