Lot 183
  • 183

JOSEPH BEUYS | Brasilienfond

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joseph Beuys
  • Brasilienfond
  • partly titled; signed, titled three times and dated 1979 on the reverse
  • gold bronze, iron chloride, pencil, cardboard and collage on linoleum
  • 38.3 by 26.7 cm. 15 1/8 by 10 1/2 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts; Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur; Calais, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Saint-Étienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie; and Høvikodden, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen / Dessins, November 1983 - January 1986, n.p., no. 70, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly lighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. All collaged elements are stable. All surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's working process.
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