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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Unbetitelt (Feld)Phillips · Oct 2018£465,000≈ $606,872≈ €527,439Sign up to see
ErdtelephonGrisebach · Dec 2017€450,000≈ $534,825≈ £396,519Sign up to see
Entwurf für PlastikGrisebach · Jun 2015€450,000≈ $504,810≈ £329,274Sign up to see

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Urschlitten 1, 1982
Etching
15,8 : 25,2 cm (6,2 : 9,9 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Apr 4, 2008 · Lot 640
€1,080≈ $1,698≈ £848Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €900–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Collezione di grafica (parte prima 1981), 1981
Etching
19,7 x 24 cm (7,8 x 9,4 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Apr 4, 2008 · Lot 641
€2,880≈ $4,528≈ £2,262Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,400–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Ein-Stein-Zeit, 1984
Screenprint · Other support
28,5 x 40 x 0,1cm
Ketterer Kunst · Apr 4, 2008 · Lot 642
€1,440≈ $2,264≈ £1,131Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,400–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Aus: from source to use, 1985
Screenprint · Other support
32,5 x 25 x 1,4 cm (12,8 x 9,8 x 0,5 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Apr 4, 2008 · Lot 643
€2,280≈ $3,585≈ £1,791Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,500–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Group of signed works (8), c. 1969-1982
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Feb 10, 2008 · Lot 94
$1,920≈ £985≈ €1,320Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Pflockkreuz, 1952
Sculpture
33,5 x 25 cm ( 13,1 x 9,8 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Dec 5, 2007 · Lot 436
€160,084≈ $235,644≈ £115,642Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €80,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
SONNENKREUZ
Sculpture
37 x 20,5 x 6,2 cm
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2007 · Lot 637
€300,000≈ $442,830≈ £214,362Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €180,000–200,000View at Lempertz ↗
SCHAF
Sculpture
4 x 8,5 x 3,5 cm
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2007 · Lot 638
€122,400≈ $180,675≈ £87,460Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €40,000–View at Lempertz ↗
OHNE TITEL (ELCHE)
Drawing
22,5 x 32,5 cm
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2007 · Lot 639
€40,800≈ $60,225≈ £29,153Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €30,000–View at Lempertz ↗
OHNE TITEL (Berlin-Partitur: Der Chef)
Drawing
43,5 x 31,5 cm
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2007 · Lot 640
€14,400≈ $21,256≈ £10,289Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–View at Lempertz ↗

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Joseph Beuys signature

654 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

signed549
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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