I Nourish Myself through Waste of Energy

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.379
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Galerie Klein
Title: I Nourish Myself through Waste of Energy
Other Titles: Original Language Title: ich ernähre mich durch Kraftvergeudung
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: object, multiple
Date: 1978
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219178

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Paper tray, inscribed in graphite

Dimensions

12 x 18 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in graphite

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 5 / 120 plus 10 a.p.
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 284, p. 238

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.379
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Verification Level

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