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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.492
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edizioni Lucrezia De Domizio Durini
Title
Pala
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
sculpture, multiple
Date
1983
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219244

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blade wrought iron, handle ashwood,with burned inscription.
Dimensions
135 x 30 x 14 cm (53 1/8 x 11 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On handle in lower left side in graphite: Joseph Beuys 10/35

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
10 / 35
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 476, p. 361

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
1995.492
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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Metal Components" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2007), Unpublished, pp. 1-245 passim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

  • Making Myth Modern: Primordial Themes in German 20th-Century Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 07/14/2007 - 12/30/2007

Verification Level

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