Joseph Beuys

German · 1921–1986 · Painter, Printmaker

Joseph Heinrich Beuys was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes… (Wikipedia)

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Intuition, 1968
Drawing
30 × 20.5 × 6 cm
im Kinsky · Nov 30, 2016 · Lot 0409
€640≈ $681≈ £546Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €500–1,000View at im Kinsky ↗
Signature with drawing, 1979
Drawing · Paper
13.5 × 14.5 cm
im Kinsky · Nov 30, 2016 · Lot 0463
€5,940≈ $6,317≈ £5,064Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,500–3,000View at im Kinsky ↗
Ohne Titel, 1961
Papier · Paper
68 x 50cm
Van Ham · Nov 30, 2016 · Lot 120
€10,413≈ $11,074≈ £8,877Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €7,000–View at Van Ham ↗
Die Wahreit als Wunderkerze für Klaus Hennig, 1973
Photograph · Board
47 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (120.7 x 100.3 x 7 cm.)
Phillips · Sep 20, 2016 · Lot 32
$13,750≈ £10,599≈ €12,294Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
Intuition
Drawing · Panel
11.75" high x 8" wide x 2" deep
Clarke Auction Gallery · Sep 11, 2016 · Lot 135
$1,200≈ £903≈ €1,069HammerSign up free to seeEst. $200–400View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
Intuition, 1968
pine
2¼ h x 12 w x 8¼ d in (6 x 30 x 21 cm)
Wright · Jun 23, 2016 · Lot 183
$563≈ £379≈ €494Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $100–View at Wright ↗
Spur I
Lithograph
72 x 52cm
Van Ham · Jun 18, 2016 · Lot 5
€6,396≈ $7,198≈ £5,038Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,500–View at Van Ham ↗
Ohne Titel (Hirschköpfe). Aus: Spur II
Lithograph · Paper
76 x 56cm
Van Ham · Jun 18, 2016 · Lot 7
€1,116≈ $1,256≈ £879Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €500–View at Van Ham ↗
Fünf Lithographien
Lithograph · Paper
76 x 56cm
Van Ham · Jun 18, 2016 · Lot 8
€5,206≈ $5,859≈ £4,101Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €3,000–View at Van Ham ↗
Capri-Batterie, 1985
Multiple
12 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (4.7 x 2.5 x 2.5 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Jun 10, 2016 · Lot 543
€16,250≈ $18,369≈ £12,753Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €15,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗

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Joseph Beuys signature

655 catalogued lots by Joseph Beuys record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (64% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

on the reverse54
lower right9
lower centre6
lower left6
in the margin4
upper right3

Form

signed550
signed and dated65
signed in pencil37
initialled2
monogrammed1

Signed 'Joseph Beuys' upper right — Untitled, Phillips, Nov 23, 2023
Betitelt und signiert mittig: ich ernähre mich durch Kraftvergeudung Joseph Beuys. Verso nummeriert: 110/120 — ich ernähre mich durch Kraftvergeudung, Van Ham, Sep 29, 2021
Signiert verso: Joseph Beuys — Holzpostkarte, Van Ham, May 19, 2021

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About Joseph Beuys

Joseph Heinrich Beuys was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes Stüttgen, Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings.

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