1995.711: Economic Value Tree Wax
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.711
- People
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Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
- Title
- Economic Value Tree Wax
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Baumwachs
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 1983
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/219427
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Tree wax in cardboard canister with applied label, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink
- Dimensions
- 11 x 7 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in red fiber-tip ink on label at c.c.: Joseph Beuys
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inscription: on label at l.c., red fiber-tip ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
- stamp: on label at l.c., blue ink, German: Haupstrom (circular stamp)
- stamp: on label at l.r., blue ink: Nov 1983
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
- 1995.711
- 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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim
Verification Level
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