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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.461.A-B
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title
Stamp Sculpture
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Stempelplastik
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
sculpture, multiple
Date
1982
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349227

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Screenprint on vinyl postcards, rubber stamp with wooden handle
Dimensions
19 x 10.5 x 14.8 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
35 / 35 plus III plus 3 a.p.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 417, p. 318 - 319

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, and Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.461.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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim
  • Nicole Ledoux, "Delaying the Inevitable: An Investigation of Plastic Deterioration in Joseph Beuys Multiples" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 13, 2013), Unpublished, pp. 1-35 passim
  • Nicole Ledoux, Georgina Rayner, Susan Costello, and Angela Chang, Preventive Conservation, Treatment, and Technical Study of Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) Multiples by Joseph Beuys, Studies in Conservation, Studies in Conservation (https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2022.2033520, 2023), 68, 3, Pages 343-356, Figure 1, Page 344; Figure 6, Page 349; Figure 7, Page 350; Figure 11, Page 355

Exhibition History

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997

Verification Level

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