Sun Disc | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.286.A-D
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Schellmann
Title: Sun Disc
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Sonnenscheibe
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: multiple, object
Date: 1973
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219058

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Nickel-plated copper record mould, two felt pads, in cardboard box

Dimensions

38 x 38 x 4 cm (14 15/16 x 14 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: on box

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 18 / 77 plus VII, plus 3 h.c.
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 85, p. 120-121

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: 1995.286.A-D
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Suzanne Volmer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Rebecca Horn, Sculpture, International Sculpture Center (June 2015), Vol. 34, No. 5, p. 70

Exhibition History

32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/23/2015

Verification Level

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1995.286.A-D: Sun Disc