1995.341: Two Female Torsos
MultiplesThe print shows two irregularly shapes, on the left two prongs of different lengths hand down from a rounded dark brown central piece. The left prong is dark and ragged on the end, the center of the right prong is lighter brown, the end is tapered and dark brown. The object on the right is a light brown hour-glass shape, the top is smaller than the bottom and is partially covered with dark brown spots on the left and right sides.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.341
- People
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Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Grafos Verlag, Vaduz
Published by Verlag Schellmann & Klüser
- Title
- Two Female Torsos
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Zwei weibliche Torsi
- Classification
- Multiples
- Work Type
- multiple, print
- Date
- 1975
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/218986
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lithograph printed in colored inks on cream wove paper
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- sheet: 54 x 75.7 cm (21 1/4 x 29 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Beuys
- inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 31/75
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Edition
- 31 / 75
- Standard Reference Number
- Schellmann 161, p. 171
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Edmée Busch Greenough Fund
- Copyright
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Accession Year
- 1995
- Object Number
- 1995.341
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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 the Shadow of the Holocaust: Reflections of Fascism, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, 12/17/2001 - 03/01/2002
- 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/10/2020 - 04/18/2022
Verification Level
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