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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.240.A-B
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Edition Schellmann
Title
Fingernail Impression from Hardened Butter
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Fingernagelabdruck aus gehärteter Butter
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
multiple, object
Date
1971
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219224

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Butter and wax in plastic box, mounted on gray cardboard, ringbinder with catalogue
Dimensions
24 x 21 cm (9 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
38 / 150
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 35, p. 75

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.240.A-B
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997

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