Harvard Art Museums > 1995.757: Economic Value Whole Grain Crackers Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Economic Value Whole Grain Crackers (Joseph Beuys) , 1995.757,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/213460. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1995.757 People Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany) Title Economic Value Whole Grain Crackers Other Titles Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Vollkornkeks Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date c. 1977-1980 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/213460 Physical Descriptions Medium Package of crackers, inscribed in black fiber-tip ink, stamped Dimensions 3.8 x 11.5 x 7 cm (1 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in black fiber-tip ink at u.r.: Joseph Beuys inscription: l. c., black fiber-tip ink, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert ["1 Economic Value"] stamp: l.r., black fiber-tip ink, German: Hauptstrom [main current] 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 1995.757 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Victoria Bunting, "Fat, Sulphur, Chocolate, and Blood: Storage Preservation and a Condition Survey for a Large Collection of Works by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim Exhibition History Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhäuser, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/04/2001 - 12/16/2001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 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
