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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.199.6
People
Rebecca Horn, German (Michelstadt, Germany 1944 - 2024 Bad König, Germany)
Title
La Ferdinanda: Sonate fur Eine Medici-Villa
Classification
Audiovisual Works
Work Type
audiovisual work
Date
1981
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/351634

Physical Descriptions

Medium
35mm 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
2014.199.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
La Ferdinanda: Sonata for a Medici Villa, 35mm, color, sound, 85 minutes, German language, full-length feature film, a co-production with the Westdeutsche Rundfunk, Cologne; Written and directed by: Rebecca Horn, Assistant Director: Fabio Jephcott, Camera: Jiri Kadanka, Camera assistant: Rainer März, Editor: Inge Kuhnert, Assistant editor: Ulrike Zimmermann, Music: Ingfried Hoffmann, Lighting: Heinz Stellmacher, Gerhard Lange, Sound: Christian Moldt, Norman Engel, Objects and design: Rebecca Horn, Decor: Ida Gianelli, Costumes: Janken Jansen, Make-up: Cesare Paciotti, Hair styling: Luciana Maria Constanzi, Line producers: Sarah Blum, Cesare Landriccina; with Valentina Cortese (Caterina de Dominicis), Javier Escriba (Dr. Marchetti), Gisela Hahn (Paola), Hans Peter Hallwachs (Commissar Bella), Michael Maisky (Mischa Boguslawsky), Daniele Passani (Larry Jones), Rita Poelvoorde (Simona), David
Warrilow (Richard Sutherland) and Maurizio Caratozzolo, Pietra and Armona Pistoletto, Renate Reiche, Francisco Ricasoli

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