Multiple: Pamphlet of EAP (European Worker’s Party)
Germany, 1980
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) – German action and object artist and draftsman
Signed upper center in pencil ‘Joseph Beuys’
Stamped upper right ‘Free International University’ and lower right ‘Zum Europaparlament wählt die Grünen die einzige Alternative für Europa’
In brown wooden frame
Dimensions: 29.7 x 20.5 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Germany
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

This multiple consists of a pamphlet of the small political party EAP, which was active in Germany from 1974 to 1986. It is printed with a text entitled ‘Beuys, -nur ein grüner Wirrkopf? Oder hat der Wahnsinn Methode?’ (Beuys, -only a green madman? Or is the madness method?) by Helga Zepp-LaRouche. Beuys provided the sheet with two of his stamps and signed it and thus turned it into a multiple.

This multiple is signed upper center in pencil ‘Joseph Beuys’ and provided with the stamps ‘Free International University‘ and ‚ Zum Europaparlament wählt die Grünen die einzige Alternative für Europa’. It is mounted to a support with photo corners and is overall in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with minor signs of wear. The multiple measures 29.7 x 20.5 cm. The framed dimensions are 38.7 x 29.2 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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