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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.710
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Economic Value Ink Pad
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Stempelkissen
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1977-1984
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219425

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink pad in paper wrapper, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped
Dimensions
11.2 x 16.7 x 2.2 cm (4 7/16 x 6 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
framed: 28 x 19 x 5 cm (11 x 7 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in red fiber-tip ink at l.r. of wrapper: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: c.r. of wrapper, red fiber-tip ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert
  • stamp: u.r. of wrapper, black ink, German: Hauptstrom (circular stamp)
  • stamp: l.l. of wrapper, black ink, German: Hauptstrom (circular stamp, partial impression)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.710
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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

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