Collections Mirror-Piece (Mirror Piece)

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Rights: Copyright Estate of Joseph Beuys / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Dimensions: .1 bottle 4.1875 × 4.1875 × 7.5 inches
Materials: flask with exterior lacquered and interior mirror-plated, iodine crystal
Location: On view at the Walker Art Center

Type: Mixed Media (Multiples)
Accession Number: 1992.232.1-.3
Style: Fluxus
Edition: XX/XXX
Inscriptions: .1: in pencil on paper label on bottom of bottle “Joseph Beuys”; .1: in pencil on paper label on bottom of bottle “XX/XXX”; in ink, stamped additions to label on bottom of bottle; .2: in ink stamped additions to bottom of cardboard container
Physical Description: Glass bottle painted brown, with mirrored interior, and cylindrical cardboard box. Complete multiple should contain card “How to explain the iodine bottle to the Hares” (missing)
Printer: N.A.
Credit Line: Alfred and Marie Greisinger Collection, Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1992
Object Copyright: Copyright Estate of Joseph Beuys / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York (image credits)