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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.731.1-24
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Health Helper!
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Gesundheitshelfer!
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1979
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219223

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Twenty-two first aid and medicinal items in enamelled metal cabinet, 2 keys on ring
Dimensions
42 x 34 x 14 cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.c., black fiber-tip ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Gesundheitshelfer! ["Health Helper!"]

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
1995.731.1-24
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000
  • Pulse: Art, Healing, and Transformation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 05/14/2003 - 08/31/2003
  • Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 01/28/2006 - 03/08/2006

Verification Level

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