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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.750
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Economic Value Grater
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Rohkostreibe
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1977-1984
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219153

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plastic, paper wrapper, inscribed in black fiber-tip ink
Dimensions
23.5 x 10 x 1.1 cm (9 1/4 x 3 15/16 x 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black fiber-tip ink at u.c. of wrapper: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: l.c. of wrapper, black fiber-tip ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.750
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022

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