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Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Joseph Beuys, German, 1921–1986
Sulfur-Covered Zinc Box (Plugged Corner)
1970
Two boxes of zinc sheeting, one covered with sulfur, with gauze plug
17.8 × 63.5 × 31.1 cm (7 × 25 × 12 1/4 in.)
Katharine Ordway Fund
1988.95.1
Culture:
German
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Bibliography:
Pamela Franks et al., Responding to Kahn: A Sculptural Conversation, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 2–3, 18, 55–56, no. 4, fig. 6.1.
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