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A post-card shaped sheet of iron, with the words MAGNETISCHER ABFALL stamped in the center, and a small, round magnet.

A post-card sized sheet of iron, with feint corrosion, and the words MAGNETISCHER ABFALL stamped in the center. There is a small, round magnet just off center at the top.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.334
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title
Magnetic Postcard
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Magnetischer Postcard
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, sculpture
Date
1975
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218984

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Iron and magnet, stamped
Dimensions
10.5 x 14.8 x 0.2 cm (4 1/8 x 5 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Joseph Beuys

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Edition unlimited, approx. 500 made
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 154, p. 166-167

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
1995.334
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim
  • Craig Uram, "Is That Supposed to Be There?: Examination and Survey of a Selection of Joseph Beuys' Multiples with Metal Components" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2007), Unpublished, pp. 1-245 passim

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/2016 - 10/13/2016

Verification Level

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