1995.660: Piano Duet

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.660

People

Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Nam June Paik, American (Seoul, South Korea 1932 - 2006 Miami, FL)
Published by Watari Gallery

Title

Piano Duet

Classification

Multiples

Work Type

multiple

Date

1981

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/218824

Physical Descriptions

Medium

54 screen prints on playing cards in a linen-covered box, screenprint on lid

Technique

Screen print

Dimensions

each card: 9 × 5.8 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
box: 22.2 × 18.7 × 13.1 cm (8 3/4 × 7 3/8 × 5 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite at l.l.: Joseph Beuys; in black ink at l.r.: Paik
• inscription: at l.c. of colophon, black ballpoint ink, handwritten: 250
• colophon: inside cover of box, black ink on white wove paper, printed, English

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Willy and Charlotte Reber, Basel and Valbella Switzerland (after 1981 - 1995); sold to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1995.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

250 / 290 plus 50 A.P.

Standard Reference Number

Schellmann 389, p. 306

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Louise Haskell Daly Fund

Copyright

© Nam June Paik Estate

Accession Year

1995

Object Number

1995.660

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Colophon adhered to inside cover of box.

Exhibition History

• Nam June Paik: Screen Play, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/30/2018 - 08/05/2018
• Nam June Paik: The Future is Now, Tate Modern, London, 10/17/2019 - 02/09/2020

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