Rose for Direct Democracy | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.271.A-B
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title: Rose for Direct Democracy
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Rose für direkte Demokratie
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: object, multiple
Date: 1973
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219177

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink on glass graduated cylinder
Technique: Screen print
Dimensions: 33.5 x 5 cm (13 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 355 / 440
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 71, p. 103

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: 1995.271.A-B
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997
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, 04/12/2018 - 10/04/2018

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