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Joseph Beuys
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Joseph Beuys
- Dollarnoten/Dollar Bills
- signed and numbered 19/50 on the banderole; inscribed Dillinger on one of the dollar bills
- ink and screenprint on dollar bill, in two parts, with printed text and banderole
- each: 6.5 by 15cm.; 2 1/2 by 5 7/8 in.
- framed: 54.5 by 44.3cm.; 21 1/2 by 17 1/2 in.
- Executed in 1978, this work is number 19 from an edition of 50.
Provenance
Editions Staeck, Heidelberg
Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Paris, Centre Pompidou, Museum des Geldes, 1978, another example exhibited
Buenos Aires, Fundación PROA; Santiago, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Joseph Beuys Obras 1955 - 1985, 2014, another example exhibited
Buenos Aires, Fundación PROA; Santiago, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Joseph Beuys Obras 1955 - 1985, 2014, another example exhibited
Literature
Jörg Schellmann, Ed., Joseph Beuys: Multiples, Munich 1985, p.204, illustration of another example
Jörg Schellmann, Ed., Joseph Beuys: Die Multiples, Munich 1992, p. 222, illustration of another example
Uwe M. Schneede, Joseph Beuys Die Aktionen, Ostfildern 1994, p. 325, illustration of another example
Jörg Schellmann, Ed., Joseph Beuys: Die Multiples, Munich 1992, p. 222, illustration of another example
Uwe M. Schneede, Joseph Beuys Die Aktionen, Ostfildern 1994, p. 325, illustration of another example
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is more saturated in the original.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. Each bill and the printed paper in sandwiched between two panes of glass.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“I’m trying to say something tangible about money here – that it is an economic value and that we have to reach a stage where it must become a necessary potential, must act as a rights document for all the creative processes of human work.”
Joseph Beuys in conversation with Johann Philipp von Bethmann, Hans Binswanger, Werner Ehrlicher and Rainer Willert, What is Money? A Discussion, London 2010, p.17