A glass jar containing a brown liquid and a tin can with brown paper label.
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The glass jar has a lid held in place by two loops of wire and a strip of metal. The jar is partially filled with separated fat. The bottom layer is light brown, it has a thin layer of clear, dark brown liquid on top and patches of fat on the sides. The metal can has a brown paper label with black type. It reads Joseph Beuys, . . . aus dem Maschinenraum; Fett und Honig aus dem Environment “Honigpumpe” document 77. In a square box the text reads Edition Nr. 44, 12 Exemplare (Gas mit Fett und Büchse mit Honig), at the bottom the text reads Edition René Block, Berlin 1978.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.53
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition René Block
Title
...from the Machineroom
Other Titles
Original Language Title: ...aus dem Maschinenraum
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, object
Date
1978
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/351401

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass canning jar with fat; tin can with honey, printed label, inscribed in graphite
Dimensions
jar: 17 x 11 x 11 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
can: 12 x 10 x 10 cm (4 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at c. of tin can: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: u., on tin can, graphite, German, in artist's hand: ja .. aus dem Maschinenraum ["yes.. from the machine room"]
  • inscription: u. on tin can, graphite, in artist's hand: a.p. II/ IV

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
II / IV of 12 plus IV a.p.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 292, p. 243

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Gift of Charlotte Reber
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.53
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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
  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/10/2019 - 10/08/2019

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