Memory of My Youth in the Mountains
Date
(1977)
Artist
Joseph Beuys, German, b. Krefeld, 1921–1986
Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin, 1977-1996
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, to 24 October 1996
Holenia Purchase Fund in Memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn and Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1996
Exhibition History
MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU, Berlin. "Joseph Beuys: Skulpturen und Objekte," 20 February-1 May 1988, no. 70, color ill. p. 214.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, unpublished checklist.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Ways of Seeing: John Baldessari Explores the Collection," 26 July 2006-23 September 2007, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References
BASTIAN, HEINER, ed. Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol: Sammlung Marx (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1982), pp. 76-77, ill.
SHAW-EAGLE, JOANNA. "'Recent Acquisitions' at the Hirshhorn Paints Broad Sweep," Washington Times (20 July 1997), p. D1.
HILEMAN, KRISTEN and JAMES MEYER. Anne Truitt: Perception and Reflection (London: Giles, 2009), fig. 25, p. 41.
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School
Dada/Fluxus/European Contemporary
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, and Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1996
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
96.17
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Tallow, wax, wood, metal, oil, and carpenter's rule
Dimensions
40 3/4 × 63 1/4 × 44 5/8 in. (103.5 × 160.7 × 113.2 cm)
