1995.709: Economic Value Ax

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.709

People

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

Title

Economic Value Ax

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Axt

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

c. 1977-1984

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/219435

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Metal, varnished, and wood, inscibed in graphite, stamped

Dimensions

37.6 x 16 x 3.1 cm (14 13/16 x 6 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
framed: 19 x 28 x 7 cm (7 1/2 x 11 x 2 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on handle in graphite: Joseph Beuys
• inscription: on handle, graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
  
• stamp: on handle, blue ink, German: Hauptstrom (circular stamp)
• stamp: on handle, black ink: HSL [...] / EVP M 5.30

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

1995.709

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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

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