Two glass soda bottles, one with the labels covered with felt, and a wooden box with black, German lettering stencilled on the lid.
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The artwork contains multiple objects, including two glass soda bottles and a wooden box to house them in. The glass soda bottle on the right has blue Evervess labels, and the other has its labels covered precisely in grey felt. The wooden box is open, with the lid resting vertically against the base. The lid of the box has black German writing stencilled on the lid that reads: BEUYS EVERVESS II 1 / edition 11 galeriie rene block berlin 1968 / SENDER BEGINNT MIT DER INFORMATION, WE NN "II’ AUSGETRUNKEN UND DER KRONVERSC HLUSS MÖGLICHST WE IT WEGGEWORFEN IST.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.214.A-D
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Galerie René Block, Berlin
Title
Evervess II 1
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1968
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201847

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Two bottles of soda water, felt, printed labels, in wooden box, cover printed in black ink
Dimensions
27.7 x 16.5 x 9 cm (10 7/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on cover in graphite at u.r.: Joseph Beuys

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Edition of 40
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 6, p. 44-45

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Edmée Busch Greenough Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.214.A-D
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 233, ill.

Exhibition History

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997
  • Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhäuser, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/04/2001 - 12/16/2001
  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/2016 - 10/13/2016

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