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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.484
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Vice-Versand, Remscheid
Title
Samurai Sword
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Samurai-Schwert
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
sculpture, multiple
Date
1983
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219242

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Felt and steel blade
Dimensions
55 x 9 cm (21 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
28 / 30 plus X
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 467, p. 357

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg Purchase Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.484
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim
  • Craig Uram, "Is That Supposed to Be There?: Examination and Survey of a Selection of Joseph Beuys' Multiples with Metal Components" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2007), Unpublished, pp. 1-245 passim

Exhibition History

  • Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 01/28/2006 - 03/08/2006

Verification Level

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