Two invitations of Freie Volkshochschule Argental and E.F. Schumacher-Association for a dialog between Joseph Beuys and Michael Ende (folded double sheet)
Germany, 1985
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) – German action and object artist and draftsman
Michael Ende (1929-1995) – German writer
Each signed below on the front with black felt pen ‘Joseph Beuys’ and lower right with gold colored felt pen ‘Michael Ende’
Each provided with a little felt pen drawing by Joseph Beuys
Each in black wooden frame
Dimensions: each 21 x 14.8 cm
Very good condition
Joseph Beuys' hand signed works are highly sought-after; multiples by the artist fetch up to more than €61,000 at international auctions

For 10 February 1985, the Freie Volksschule Agental invited to a dialog between the artist Joseph Beuys and writer Michael Ende on art and politics. The two present copies of the published invitation, designed as a folded double sheet with excerpts of conversations of the two participants and short biographies, are signed by both Michael Ende and Joseph Beuys. The latter added on copies a small drawing displaying a ladder.

Both invitations are signed below with black felt pen ‘Joseph Beuys’ and lower right with gold colored felt pen ‘Michael Ende’ on the front. Additionally both works are provided with a small felt pen drawing by Joseph Beuys. Both sheets are in very good condition and framed unmounted. The frames are in good condition with only minor signs of wear. The folded invitations measure each 21 x 14.8 cm. The framed dimensions are 29 x 23 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 Düsseldorf. Early on, the artist received numerous commissions and in 1961 he was called to the Düsseldorf 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 Düsseldorf. 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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