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A bound publication with a black and white photograph and text in black ink.

The bound publication shows a black and white bust length portrait of a shirtless man. The man’s head is raised, he is spitting a liquid in an arch up and to the left, both hands are raised with palms to the view and fingers outstretched. Along the right side of the top of the page is the word “interfunktionen.” Below the photograph on the right is the number “six.” Beneath the number are the names of the artists whose works are in the publication. They are listed one below the other and are “Vito Acconci,” “Bruce Naumann,” “Joseph Beuys,” “Arnulf Rainer,” “Bob Morris,” “Mike Heizer,” “Hamish Fulton,” “Dennis Oppenheim.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.243
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by F.W. Heubach, Cologne
Title
in "interfunktionen 6"
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
book, multiple
Date
1971
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219225

Physical Descriptions

Medium
6 sheets of colored tissue paper, printed with text, folded, and inserted into publication
Dimensions
29 x 21 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
48 / 60
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 38, p. 80

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
1995.243
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 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, 04/23/2015 - 10/07/2015

Verification Level

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