Fingernail Impression from Hardened Butter

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.240.A-B
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Schellmann
Title: Fingernail Impression from Hardened Butter
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Fingernagelabdruck aus gehärteter Butter
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: object, multiple
Date: 1971
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219224

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Butter and wax in plastic box, mounted on gray cardboard, ringbinder with catalogue

Dimensions

24 x 21 cm (9 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 38 / 150
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 35, p. 75

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: 1995.240.A-B
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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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

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