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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.242
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Katia von den Velden, German (active mid-late 20th century)
Published by Edition Schellmann
Title
Celtic + ~~~~
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1971
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219062

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black-and-white super 8 acetate film in metal canister; ten gelatin silver prints; gelatin in glass bottle, cork stopper sealed with beeswax; and linen-covered box, stamped
Dimensions
box: 42.5 x 52.5 x 11.5 cm (16 3/4 x 20 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: signed on colophon at l.r.: Joseph Beuys 79/100
  • colophon: inside cover of box, ink on paper, printed

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
79 / 100
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 37, p. 78-79

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
1995.242
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim
  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 17

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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