1995.505: Threshold

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.505

People

Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Jonas Hafner, German (1940 -)
Published by Jonas Hafner, German (1940 -)

Title

Threshold

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Schwelle

Classification

Multiples

Work Type

print, multiple

Date

1984

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/218850

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in reddish-brown ink on off-white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 31.3 x 44.2 cm (12 5/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
sheet: 39.9 x 53.2 cm (15 11/16 x 20 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite at l.l.: Joseph Beuys; signed by Hafner in graphite at u.c.
• inscription: l.l., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: 101/120
• inscription: u.c., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: 84 [near Jonas Hafner's signature]
• inscription: l.c., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Schwelle
• blind stamp: l.l.: [Jonas Hafner's blind stamp: 3 doves]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

101 / 120 plus XXIV

Standard Reference Number

Schellmann 490, p. 367

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1995

Object Number

1995.505

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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