Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer | Online Auction
Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer | Online Auction
Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer
Capri-Batterie
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February 29, 05:23 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer
Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986
Capri-Batterie
multiple comprising light bulb (Mazda) and plug socket, contained in the original wooden box
overall: 4¾ by 2⅜ by 2⅜ in. (12.1 by 6 by 6 cm.)
box: 7⅛ by 7¼ by 7⅛ in. (18.1 by 18.4 by 18.1 cm.)
Executed in 1985, this example is number 59 from the edition of 200, published by Edizione Lucio Amelio.
Galerie Jan Wagner, Berlin
Private Collection, Terni, Italy
Il Ponte Casa D'Aste Dal Milan, 21 July 2020, lot 153
Acquired from the above be the present owner
Hirschl & Adler Modern, ed., Joseph Beuys, New York 1988, p.107, n. 71 (illustrated in color)
Douglas Fogle and Hanneke Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection, New York 2021, p. 180, illustrated in color and p. 413