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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.775
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edizioni Lucrezia De Domizio Durini
Title
A One Hour drama
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
videotape, multiple
Date
1984
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219096

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Videotape and applied labels, inscribed in blue ink, in cardboard slipcase
Dimensions
9.7 × 16 × 2.7 cm (3 13/16 × 6 5/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
duration: 3600 sec. (60 min.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in blue ink on applied label at l.r.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: on applied label at u.r., blue ink, handwritten, English, in artist's hand: a one hour / drama
  • inscription: on applied label at l.c., blue ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 1/10
  • stamp: on applied label along spine of video, black ink, Italian: EDIZIONI LUCREZIA DE DOMIZIO / PESCARA -- ITALIA
  • inscription: on applied label along spine of slipcase, black ballpoint ink, handwritten, Italian: F.I.U. / DIFESA DELLA NATURA

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
1 / 10
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 483, p. 364

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, and Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.775
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Videotape is in Betamax format, and contains 60 minutes of footage.

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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

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