1995.707: Economic Value Mincing Knife
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.707
- People
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Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
- Title
- Economic Value Mincing Knife
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Walkmesser
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 1977-1984
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/219374
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Metal and wood, inscribed in red-fiber tip ink
- Dimensions
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12.5 x 12.2 x 3.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
framed: 28 x 19 x 6.5 cm (11 x 7 1/2 x 2 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in red fiber-tip ink at l.l. on the blade: Joseph Beuys
- inscription: on blade, red fiber-tip ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection
- Copyright
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Accession Year
- 1995
- Object Number
- 1995.707
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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