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A screenprint features a distorted image of a man’s face and body.

A black-and-white screenprint features a distorted image of a man’s face and body. Two horizontal bands of color, one thin teal band above a thinner pink band, appear in the lower half of the print. Amorphous shapes formed by contrasting black and white dotted lines appear throughout the print.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.289
People
Wolf Vostell, German (Leverkusen, Germany 1932 - 1998 Berlin, Germany)
Title
TV Blur
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Fernsehverwischung
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1966
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375653

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Screenprint on off-white wove paper
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
59.5 × 42 cm (23 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Vostell 66
  • (not assigned): l.c., in graphite: Fernsehverwischung

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Wolf Vostell Estate, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museums, 2022.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
40/65

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of The Wolf Vostell Estate
Copyright
© The Wolf Vostell Estate
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.289
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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