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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.280
People
Rebecca Horn, German (Michelstadt, Germany 1944 - 2024 Bad König, Germany)
Title
The Kiss of Death
Other Titles
Original Language Title: El Beso de la Muerte
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
sculpture, multiple
Date
1992
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/351490

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Welded guns, sealing wax, wooden case
Dimensions
3.8 x 39.8 x 21.6 cm (1 1/2 x 15 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rebecca Horn, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
37/50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the artist
Copyright
© Rebecca Horn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.280
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Suzanne Volmer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Rebecca Horn, Sculpture, International Sculpture Center (June 2015), Vol. 34, No. 5, p. 70

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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