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Joseph Beuys
Für Braun-Raum, 1977.
Wood (mitre box), oil paint, two rock crystals
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 21,240 Sold:
€ 12,900 / $ 15,222 (incl. surcharge)
298
Joseph Beuys
Für Braun-Raum, 1977.
Wood (mitre box), oil paint, two rock crystals
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 21,240 Sold:
€ 12,900 / $ 15,222 (incl. surcharge)
Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986
Für Braun-Raum. 1977.
Wood (mitre box), oil paint, two rock crystals.
Signed, dated, and titled on the colored wooden miter box. 25 x 11.5 x 9.5 cm (9.8 x 4.5 x 3.7 in). [AW].
• For Beuys, crystals have multiple dimensions of meaning; brown and red are his primary colors.
• Creative tension between clearly defined lines and crystalline forms.
• Symbolic interplay between the natural forces of crystalline structures, forms and elementary colors.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Joseph Beuys. Skulpturen und Objekte, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, February 20–May 1, 1988, cat. no. 71 (with illu. on p. 194 (swapped)).
Joseph Beuys. Natur, Materie, Form, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, November 30, 1991–February 9, 1992, cat. no. 443 (with illu. on p. 335).
Faszination Edelstein. Aus den Schatzkammern der Welt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1992/93, cat. no. 34 (with illu. on p. 144).
Joseph Beuys: Wo ist Element 3?, Ketterer Kunst, Berlin, March 26–May 22, 2021.
LITERATURE: Sybille Ebert-Schifferer, Klaus J. Brandt, Faszination Edelstein. Aus den Schatzkammern der Welt. Mythos, Kunst, Wissenschaft, Bern 1992, cat. no. 34 (illustrated on p. 144).
1921 - 1986
Für Braun-Raum. 1977.
Wood (mitre box), oil paint, two rock crystals.
Signed, dated, and titled on the colored wooden miter box. 25 x 11.5 x 9.5 cm (9.8 x 4.5 x 3.7 in). [AW].
• For Beuys, crystals have multiple dimensions of meaning; brown and red are his primary colors.
• Creative tension between clearly defined lines and crystalline forms.
• Symbolic interplay between the natural forces of crystalline structures, forms and elementary colors.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Joseph Beuys. Skulpturen und Objekte, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, February 20–May 1, 1988, cat. no. 71 (with illu. on p. 194 (swapped)).
Joseph Beuys. Natur, Materie, Form, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, November 30, 1991–February 9, 1992, cat. no. 443 (with illu. on p. 335).
Faszination Edelstein. Aus den Schatzkammern der Welt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1992/93, cat. no. 34 (with illu. on p. 144).
Joseph Beuys: Wo ist Element 3?, Ketterer Kunst, Berlin, March 26–May 22, 2021.
LITERATURE: Sybille Ebert-Schifferer, Klaus J. Brandt, Faszination Edelstein. Aus den Schatzkammern der Welt. Mythos, Kunst, Wissenschaft, Bern 1992, cat. no. 34 (illustrated on p. 144).
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