Modern, Post War & Contemporary, Evening Sale
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Lot 22 | Joseph Beuys | "Zone"
Estimate
80.000
- 120.000
€
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Result
Unsold
BEUYS, JOSEPH
1921 Krefeld - 1986 Düsseldorf
Title: "Zone".
Date: 1978.
Technique: Chalk on etched copper plate in copper frame.
Measurement: 78 x 53 x 5cm.
Notation: Signed, dated and titled verso centre: Joseph Beuys 1978 Zone.
Frame/Pedestal: Plexiglass box frame.
The work is accompanied by a postcard written by Joseph Beuys and a copy of a letter from the estate to the collector.
Provenance:
- Private collection Düsseldorf
- Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf (according to the consignor)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Exhibitions:
- Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 1988
Literature:
- Exhib. cat. Joseph Beuys. Sculptures and Objects, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 1988, cat. no. 72, p. 216, ill.
- Unique work by the most famous German conceptual and action artist of high recognition value
- Chalk works and panel paintings served Beuys to visualise his concept of an expanding concept of art and social sculpture
- "Zone" as a testimony to Beuys' inspiring idea of elevating the work of art as an integral part of culture
- Mysteriously poetic work with an astonishing spatial presence
1921 Krefeld - 1986 Düsseldorf
Title: "Zone".
Date: 1978.
Technique: Chalk on etched copper plate in copper frame.
Measurement: 78 x 53 x 5cm.
Notation: Signed, dated and titled verso centre: Joseph Beuys 1978 Zone.
Frame/Pedestal: Plexiglass box frame.
The work is accompanied by a postcard written by Joseph Beuys and a copy of a letter from the estate to the collector.
Provenance:
- Private collection Düsseldorf
- Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf (according to the consignor)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Exhibitions:
- Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 1988
Literature:
- Exhib. cat. Joseph Beuys. Sculptures and Objects, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 1988, cat. no. 72, p. 216, ill.
- Unique work by the most famous German conceptual and action artist of high recognition value
- Chalk works and panel paintings served Beuys to visualise his concept of an expanding concept of art and social sculpture
- "Zone" as a testimony to Beuys' inspiring idea of elevating the work of art as an integral part of culture
- Mysteriously poetic work with an astonishing spatial presence
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32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
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plus artist resale right fee of 1.5% on the hammer price up to € 200,000
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Stock Id: 78083-3