Lot 212
  • 212

Joseph Beuys

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joseph Beuys
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1963 on the reverse
  • hare's blood, oil paint and newspaper
  • 38 by 44cm.; 15 by 17 3/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany

Exhibited

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen; Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Joseph Beuys: Tekeningen, 1979-80, n.p., no. 80, illustrated in colour
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Bonn, Wissenschaftszentrum, Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, 1980

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The newspaper is placed in a plastic pocket with card, which is hinged to the backing board in two places on the upper edge. There is some light discolouration to the newspaper, which is inherent to the artist's choice of media.
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