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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.235
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Eat Art Gallery, Düsseldorf
Title
Friday Object "1st Class Fried Fishbones (Herring)"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Freitagsobjekt "1a gebratene Fischgräte (Hering)"
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, object
Date
1970
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219707

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fish skeleton, thread, greaseproof paper, stamped and inscribed, in glazed wooden box
Dimensions
6 x 11.2 x 30.7 cm (2 3/8 x 4 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on greaseproof paper, in graphite at c.: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: u.c, on greaseproof paper, graphite, German, in artist's hand: Certifikat
  • inscription: c.l. to c.r., graphite, German, in artist's hand: 1a gebratene Fischgräte ["1st class fried fishbone"]
  • inscription: l.l., green ball-pen ink, in artist's hand: 14/25 / Freitag 30 Okt 70
  • stamp: u.r., faded brown ink: Hauptstrom (not readable) ["main current"]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
14 / 25
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 29, p. 68-69

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Edmée Busch Greenough Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.235
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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
  • Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhäuser, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/04/2001 - 12/16/2001

Verification Level

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