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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.295
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title
Postcards 1968-1974
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1974
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219138

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood postcard, silkscreen on wood; vinyl postcard, silkscreen on vinyl; cardboard box
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
18 x 12.5 x 6 cm (7 1/16 x 4 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
93 / 120
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 103, p. 132

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
1995.295
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
This edition originally also included 30 paper postcards, however these were accessioned separately from the cardboard box and wood and vinyl postcards. The postcards can be identified in the collection as those published by Edition Staeck (formerly Edition Tangente) between 1968 and 1974.

Publication History

  • Nicole Ledoux, "Delaying the Inevitable: An Investigation of Plastic Deterioration in Joseph Beuys Multiples" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 13, 2013), Unpublished, pp. 1-35 passim

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