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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.439
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Nicolas Garcia Uriburu, Argentinian (born 1937)
Published by Edition Holtmann, Cologne
Title
Rhine Water Polluted
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, object
Date
1981
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218940

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass bottle, Rhine river water, green coloring, typewritten label, painted metal screw-top, and wax
Dimensions
28 x 7.5 cm (11 x 2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r. of label, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: l.l. of label, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: URi BU RU [BU is underlined]
  • inscription: l.l. of label, blue ink, handwritten: 17/24
  • label: on bottle, typewritten: RHEIN WATER POLUTED
    H2O + 10.000 Poisons
    GREEN COLORATION
    DUESSELDORF 9-28-1981

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
17 / 24
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 379, p. 302

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
1995.439
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997

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