A print that is white on the bottom half and grey at the top. There is a vintage black rotary phone next to a round,black object. “Beuys” and a cross are written below in grey.
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A rectangular print that is shown vertically. It is white on the bottom half and grey on the top half with highlights of vertical lines. There is a vintage black rotary phone next to a round, black object just above the center of the piece. Below are “Beuys” and a cross written in grey in capital letters.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.279
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Schellmann
Title
Earth Telephone
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Erdtelephon
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
print, multiple
Date
1973
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219049

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on white paper
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
99 x 60 cm (39 x 23 5/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
100 plus XII
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 79, p. 115

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
1995.279
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997
  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/13/2016 - 04/07/2017

Verification Level

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