Multiple: Serigraph in colors on polyethylene bag
Germany, 1971
Joseph Beuys (18921-1986) – German action and object artist and draftsman
Upper center signed with ballpoint ‘Joseph Beuys’
Catalog raisonné: Schellmann 40
Published by Galerie Art Intermedia, Cologne
Overall dimensions: 77 x 51 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Germany
Joseph Beuys' hand signed works are highly sought-after; Multiples by the artist fetch up to more than €61,000 at international auctions

On one side this multiple shows the diagram ‘Ein Vergleich zweier Gesellschaftsformen’ by the managing director of the Organization for Direct Democracy, founded by Joseph Beuys. On the other side the eponymous scheme ‘So kann die Parteiendiktatur überwunden werden’ is printed which Beuys had drawn in the context of the founding of the organization in 1971. Beuys used it for several action performences.

This multiple, a serigraph on polyethylen bag, originates in 1971 and is signed upper center with ballpoint ‘Joseph Beuys’. It shows insignificant signs of age and is in a very good condition. It measures 77 x 51 cm.

Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)

Born in Krefeld in 1921, Joseph Beuys was one of the most important German artists of the second half of the 20th Century. After his military service at the German Air Force and his legendary plane crash in 1944, Beuys began his career as an artist as the master pupil of Ewald Mataré at the Stately Art Academy in Dusseldorf. Early on, the artist received numerous commissions and in 1961 he was called to the Dusseldorf Academy as a professor. Beuys’s works were exhibited at the documenta III in Kassel and the 37th Venice Biennale and were honored with many international awards. In 1979, Beuys met Andy Warhol, who created the famous silkscreen portrait of the artist. In 1986 Beuys died at the age of 64 in his studio in Dusseldorf. His works can be found in many international museums such as the Tate Modern in London, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Museum Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. (fea)

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