Lot Essay
The text on board I is dated 1963 and refers to an action near Ostende that was not carried out. The zinc plate shows an article on Beuys in a Japanese magazine.
Details
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)
Schautafen für den Unterricht I und II
signed, dated 1963 and numbered 23/202 on board I
two photographs mounted on board, board I with zinc plate, sulphur and handwritten text
each: 32 x 40 1/2in. (81.3 x 103cm.)
This work is part of a planned edition of 202 works but only 150 were executed and published by Edition Tangente, Heidelberg in 1971
Schautafen für den Unterricht I und II
signed, dated 1963 and numbered 23/202 on board I
two photographs mounted on board, board I with zinc plate, sulphur and handwritten text
each: 32 x 40 1/2in. (81.3 x 103cm.)
This work is part of a planned edition of 202 works but only 150 were executed and published by Edition Tangente, Heidelberg in 1971
Provenance
Edition Staeck, Heidelberg
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1971
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1971
Literature
Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys - Catalogue Raisonné of Multiples and Prints: 1965-1985, Munich/New York 1988, no. 34 (illustrated)
Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys - Die Multiples 1965-1986, New York/Munich 1992, pp. 72-73 and 434, no. 31 (illustrated p. 73)
Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys - Die Multiples 1965-1986, New York/Munich 1992, pp. 72-73 and 434, no. 31 (illustrated p. 73)