- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1995.660
- People
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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
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- 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
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- 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
- Willy and Charlotte Reber, Basel and Valbella Switzerland (after 1981 - 1995); sold to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1995.
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Edition
- 250 / 290 plus 50 A.P.
- Standard Reference Number
- Schellmann 389, p. 306
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Colophon adhered to inside cover of box.
- Exhibition History
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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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