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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.295.2
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Wood Postcard
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Holzpostkarte
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, print
Date
1974
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/7063

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silkscreen on wood
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
18 x 12.5 x 6 cm (7 1/16 x 4 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Unlimited edition
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 104, p. 133

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.295.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Edition of 120 plus XX included in "Postcards 1968-1974," 1995.295.

Publication History

  • Nicole Ledoux, "Delaying the Inevitable: An Investigation of Plastic Deterioration in Joseph Beuys Multiples" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 13, 2013), Unpublished, pp. 1-35 passim
  • Susan Costello, Angela Chang, Georgina Rayner, and Elizabeth La Duc, Preserving plastics in the collection at the Harvard Art Museums, Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.104117, 2023), 47-61, Figure 2, Page 51; Figure 3, Page 52
  • Nicole Ledoux, Georgina Rayner, Susan Costello, and Angela Chang, Preventive Conservation, Treatment, and Technical Study of Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) Multiples by Joseph Beuys, Studies in Conservation, Studies in Conservation (https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2022.2033520, 2023), 68, 3, Pages 343-356, Figure 1, Page 344

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