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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.293
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts
Title
Noiseless Blackboard Eraser
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, object
Date
1974
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219089

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wool felt blackboard eraser
Dimensions
5 x 13 x 2.5 cm (1 15/16 x 5 1/8 x 1 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
533 / 550 plus 6 h.c.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 101, p. 132

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
1995.293
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Exhibition History

  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/07/2017 - 09/27/2017

Verification Level

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