1995.483.A-B: ELEMENT

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.483.A-B

People

Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edizioni Factotum-Art, Verona

Title

ELEMENT

Classification

Multiples

Work Type

multiple, sculpture

Date

1982

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349269

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Copper and iron

Dimensions

31.5 x 44 x 1 cm (12 3/8 x 17 5/16 x 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

1 / 50 plus X plus 4 a.p.

Standard Reference Number

Schellmann 465, p. 355

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg Purchase Fund

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Accession Year

1995

Object Number

1995.483.A-B

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Copper plate and iron plate

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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, pp.1-245 passim
• 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Metal Components" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2007), Unpublished, pp. 1-245 passim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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