Beuys Boxes for Direct Democracy | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.261
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Published by Christian, Abraham David
Title: Beuys Boxes for Direct Democracy
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Beuys boxt für direkte Demokratie
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: multiple, postcard
Date: 1972
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219052

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Photolithograph
Dimensions: 15.2 x 10.2 cm (6 x 4 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: Edition of approx. 100
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 59, p. 92

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: 1995.261
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Exhibition History

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

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