Harvard Art Museums > 1995.315: Telephone T--R [mirrored R] Multiples Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Telephone T--R [mirrored R] (Joseph Beuys)(Published by Edition Schellmann) , 1995.315,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 03, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/219149. Two tin cans standing upright next to each other with small wires looping in between them. The wires meet at an orange flat square. One of the cans has a red cross painted on it. Identification and Creation Object Number 1995.315 People Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany) Published by Edition Schellmann Title Telephone T--R [mirrored R] Other Titles Original Language Title: Telefon S--E [mirrored E] Classification Multiples Work Type object, multiple Date 1974 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/219149 Location Location Level 3, Room 3600, University Research Gallery View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Two tin cans, twine, label, brown oil paint ("Browncross") Dimensions 11.8 x 20.2 x 10.1 cm (4 5/8 x 7 15/16 x 4 in.) State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 1 / 24 (approx. 12 produced) Standard Reference Number Schellmann 136, p. 152-153 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 1995.315 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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 242, fig. 1 Exhibition History Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 01/28/2006 - 03/08/2006 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, 10/13/2016 - 04/07/2017 Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024 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
