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Rose for Direct Democracy

1973

Joseph Beuys

Associated Names

Joseph Beuys

Artist, German, 1921 - 1986

The sculpture is a tall, cylindrical graduated cylinder made of transparent glass with red measurement markings in increments of 50 from 50 to 500. There is white cursive text written vertically on the surface. The glass is smooth and shiny, with a small lip at the top for pouring and a wide and flat base for stability.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graduated glass cylinder with incised writing
Credit Line

Gift of Merrill C. and Dalia S. Berman
Accession Number

2011.147.1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1977

Schellmann, Jörg, and Bernd Klüser, eds. Joseph Beuys: Multiples: Catalogue Raisonné. Munich, 1977: no. 69, repro.

1997

Schellmann, Jörg. Joseph Beuys: The Multiples. Cambridge,1997: no. 71.

Wikidata ID

Q63864138

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