1995.749: Economic Value Wax Crayon
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.749
- People
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Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
- Title
- Economic Value Wax Crayon
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Signierstift
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 20th century
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/218896
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Printed cardboard box containing six crayons
- Dimensions
- 12.4 x 7.4 x 1.4 cm (4 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in red fiber-tip ink at c.c.: Joseph Beuys
- inscription: u.c., red fiber-tip ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection
- Copyright
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Accession Year
- 1995
- Object Number
- 1995.749
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- "Varia" brand.
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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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