Photo © © Rebecca Horn
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Photo © © Rebecca Horn
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.199.1
People
Rebecca Horn, German (Michelstadt, Germany 1944 - 2024 Bad König, Germany)
Title
Performances I
Classification
Audiovisual Works
Work Type
audiovisual work
Date
1972
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/351629

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1100, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Sixties Experiment/Multiple Strategies
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
16mm film on DVD
Dimensions
Dimensions vary with installation

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
35/300

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Copyright
© Rebecca Horn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.199.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Performances 1, documentation of performances:
Körperfarbe (Body Paint): Rote Glieder (Red Limbs); Blau-Blau-Blau (Blue-Blue-Blue); Rotbrust (Red Breast); Zunehmendes Schwarz (Black Expansion)
Haare Wachsen—Bad Dream (Growing Hair—Bad Dream)
Hahnengefieder (Black Cockfeathers)
Balancestab (Head Balance)
Schwarze Hörner (Shoulder Extensions)
Federkleid (Feather Instrument)
16mm, color, 22 minutes; Camera: B. Liebner, K. P. Brehmer; video edition includes supplementary performances from 1970 and 1971

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/07/2025 - 10/01/2025

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