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Two stacks of square-cut felt. One with a circle cut out and the other leaning on top of the first.

Two stacks of dark brown felt that have been cut on a square shape. The one on the left has a circle cut out in the center and an old audio reel inside of the circle. The one on the right leans on top of the corner of the first stack.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.222.A-B
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Gabriele Mazzotta Editore, Milan
Title
Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja, Nee Nee Nee Nee Nee
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1969
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219416

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Felt and reel of audio-tape
Dimensions
15 × 25 × 25 cm (5 7/8 × 9 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
duration: 1920 sec. (32 min.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
11 / 100 (plus 10 copies different size)
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 14, p. 55

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
1995.222.A-B
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Exhibition History

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997
  • Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 01/28/2006 - 03/08/2006
  • 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, 10/13/2016 - 04/07/2017

Verification Level

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