A tape recorder in a dark case with “Beuys” and a cross written on it in red. The case’s black straps loop on the top-left.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A rectangular tape recorder stands upright in a dark brown case that covers all but the top-right of the recorder. Written at the bottom of the case is “Beuys” and a cross in red in capital letters. Thin black straps loop on the top of the piece and fall over to the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.233.A-B
People
Joseph Beuys, German (Krefeld, Germany 1921 - 1986 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Published by Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp
Title
Mönchengladbach Concert
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Konzert Mönchengladbach
Classification
Multiples
Work Type
object, multiple
Date
1970
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219429

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Tape recorder in case, microphone, audio-cassette, brown oil paint ("Browncross")
Dimensions
20 × 17 × 16 cm (7 7/8 × 6 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
duration: 4620 sec. (77 min.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Edition of 100 planned, 20 made
Standard Reference Number
Schellmann 27, p. 66

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
1995.233.A-B
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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by Joseph Beuys" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1996), Unpublished, passim

Exhibition History

  • In/Tuition: a seminar's engagement with Joseph Beuys, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/20/1997 - 12/07/1997
  • 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, 10/13/2016 - 04/07/2017

Verification Level

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