From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Pala

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.492
People: Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edizioni Lucrezia De Domizio Durini
Title: Pala
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: sculpture, multiple
Date: 1983
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219244

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Blade wrought iron, handle ashwood,with burned inscription.

Dimensions

135 x 30 x 14 cm (53 1/8 x 11 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: On handle in lower left side in graphite: Joseph Beuys 10/35

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 10 / 35
Standard Reference Number: Schellmann 476, p. 361

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg Purchase Fund
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.492
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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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Metal Components" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2007), Unpublished, pp. 1-245 passim

Exhibition History

Making Myth Modern: Primordial Themes in German 20th-Century Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 07/14/2007 - 12/30/2007

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