1995.710: Economic Value Ink Pad

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.710

People

Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)

Title

Economic Value Ink Pad

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Stempelkissen

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

c. 1977-1984

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/219425

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink pad in paper wrapper, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped

Dimensions

11.2 x 16.7 x 2.2 cm (4 7/16 x 6 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
framed: 28 x 19 x 5 cm (11 x 7 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in red fiber-tip ink at l.r. of wrapper: Joseph Beuys
• inscription: c.r. of wrapper, red fiber-tip ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
• stamp: u.r. of wrapper, black ink, German: Hauptstrom (circular stamp)
• stamp: l.l. of wrapper, black ink, German: Hauptstrom (circular stamp, partial impression)

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

1995.710

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

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