1995.708: Economic Value Wallpaper Brush
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.708
- People
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Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
- Title
- Economic Value Wallpaper Brush
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Tapezieren-Bürste
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 20th century
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/219375
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bristles and wood, inscribed in graphite, stamped
- Dimensions
- irregular: 21 x 15 x 5.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in graphite on top of bristle base: Joseph Beuys
- inscription: on top of bristle base, graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
- stamp: on handle, black ink, German: Hauptstrom (circular stamp)
- stamp: on edge of bristle base, ink, German: Hauptstrom (circular stamp, partial)
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
- 1995.708
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
Verification Level
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