Joseph BEUYS (1921 - 1986)

Black & white photograph (from the series "Photo-Editionen") with gold foil and inscriptions in graphite, studio sticker on the reverse, inscribed with signature in pencil “Joseph Beuys” and signed “Zoa”

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm)

Photograph of Joseph Beuys by Zoa (Brigitte Müller-Fehn), taken in Kassel on June 30, 1982, when, during a live “Aktion” (performance), the artist melted down a golden crown (representative of the old order) and recast the metal into a golden hare and sun sphere. The resultant sculpture was later sold to raise funds for Beuys’ most ambitious public intervention: the 7000 Oaks Project.

Edition: 33 inscribed by Beuys in pencil and numbered; 10 inscribed by Beuys in felt and numbered I to X; a small number of unnumbered Artist’s Proofs inscribed by Beuys in pencil; all photographs also signed by Zoa.

The present work is one among the small number of artist’s proofs, this from the personal collection of “Zoa” (photographer Brigitte Müller-Fehn), Hannover

Publisher: Galerie Edition Holtmann, Cologne

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