1995.723: Economic Value Whipped Cream Thickener
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.723
- People
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Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
- Title
- Economic Value Whipped Cream Thickener
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Wirtschaftswert Sahnesteif
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 1977-1980
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215372
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Package of whipped cream thickener, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped
- Dimensions
- 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.2 cm (3 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in red fiber-tip ink at u.c.: Joseph Beuys
- inscription: c., red fiber-tip ink, German, in artist's hand: 1 Wirt-/-schafts-/-wert ["1 Economic Value"]
- stamp: c., blue ink, German: FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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
- 1995.723
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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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
- Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007
- 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2022 - 10/17/2022
Verification Level
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