Sickle 2nd Version | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.535
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title: Sickle 2nd Version
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Sichel 2. Version
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: sculpture, multiple
Date: 1985
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/218920

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Metal and wood with magnet, inscribed and stamped
Dimensions: 37 x 18 x 3.5 cm (14 9/16 x 7 1/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 4 / 8
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 549, p. 400

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, and Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.535
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Craig Uram, "Is That Supposed to Be There?: Examination and Survey of a Selection of Joseph Beuys' Multiples with Metal Components" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2007), Unpublished, pp. 1-245 passim

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