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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.268
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title
Democracy is Merry
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Demokratie ist lustig
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
print, multiple
Date
1973
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218900

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silkscreen on cardstock, with handwritten text.
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
75 x 114.5 cm (29 1/2 x 45 1/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
45 / 80
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 68, p. 101

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.268
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Exhibition History

  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007

Verification Level

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