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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.450
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Title
The Economic Value PRINCIPLE
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Das Wirtschaftswert-PRINZIP
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, object
Date
1981
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213463

Physical Descriptions

Medium
package of dried peas, inscribed in black ink, 34 printed postcards, printed cardboard boxes
Dimensions
box: 6 x 27 x 19 cm (2 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
package of peas: 18 x 10 x 19 cm (7 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on package in black ink and graphite on lid: Joseph Beuys
  • inscription: c. on lid of box, graphite, in artist's hand: 13/25
  • inscription: u.c. on package, black ink, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirtschaftswert ["1 Economic Value"]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
13 / 25 plus V (plus 20 unnumbered (w/ other Economic Values)
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 393, p. 309

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Edmée Busch Greenough Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.450
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhäuser, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/04/2001 - 12/16/2001
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022

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