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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.377
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Dietmar Schneider, Cologne
Title
Smell Sculpture
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Geruchsplastik
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1978
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219201

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass storage jar, printed papers, essential oils, chlorophyll
Dimensions
34 x 9 cm (13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on label

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Edition of 30 plus 8 a.p.
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 271, p. 235

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
1995.377
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim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

Verification Level

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