GDR Paper Bags | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.406
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title: GDR Paper Bags
Other Titles: Original Language Title: DDR-Tüte
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: object, multiple
Date: 1977-1980
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/218610

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Photomechanical print on paper bag
Technique: Photomechanical print
Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: Edition of approx. 350
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 324, p. 261

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.406
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007

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