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Tate Collection
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ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-beuys-747" aria-label="More by Joseph Beuys" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Beuys</a>
documenta 7 expects everyone to do his duty
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
<p>On 30 June 1982, as part of his contribution to <span>documenta 7</span>, Beuys melted a gold cast copy of the crown worn by Czar Ivan the Terrible into a symbol of peace, the Hare with Sun. The proceeds from its sale went toward the financing of a substantial part of <span>7000 Oak Trees</span>.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2015</em></p>
paper print
23 November 2015 – 2 November 2018
2018-11-02
23 November 2015 – 2 November 2018
2018-11-02
2015-11-23
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2015-11-23
Joseph Beuys
Collection based display
documenta 7 expects everyone to do his duty
image: 427 × 601 mm
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
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<p>On 30 June 1982, as part of his contribution to <i>documenta 7</i>, Beuys melted a gold cast copy of the crown worn by Czar Ivan the Terrible into a symbol of peace, the Hare with Sun. The proceeds from its sale went toward the financing of a substantial part of <i>7000 Oak Trees</i>.</p>
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