125
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys, 1980/1983.
Silkscreen in colors with rayon satin finish
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000

 
$ 17,550 - 23,400

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125
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys, 1980/1983.
Silkscreen in colors with rayon satin finish
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000

 
$ 17,550 - 23,400

+
 

Andy Warhol
1928 - 1987

Joseph Beuys. 1980/1983.
Silkscreen in colors with rayon satin finish.
Signed and numbered. Verso with the copyright stamp. One of 45 Trial Proofs. On Lenox Museum cardboard. 101.6 x 81.3 cm (40 x 32 in), nearly the full sheet.

Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York (with the blind stamp). Published by Edition Schellmann & Klüser, Munich/New York (with the copyright stamp on the reverse). [AW].

• Two masters: Warhol immortalizes Beuys in a work that also bears witness to his own artistic understanding.
• The idea for the portrait series originated in 1979 during Beuys’ highly acclaimed retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
• Beuys’s preferred material, felt, is reflected in the haptic quality of the color silkscreen.
• Unique due to its custom coloring.
• Warhol’s Beuys portraits are represented in renowned museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate London, and the Philadelphia Art Museum
.

PROVENANCE: Publisher's collection, Germany (acquired directyl from the artist around 1983).

LITERATURE: Frayda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Claudia Defendi, Andy Warhol Prints. A catalogue raisonné 1962-1987, New York 2003, CR no. IIB. 242-244 (illustrated in color on p. 182, this copy).

Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.33 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Andy Warhol "Joseph Beuys"
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another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.

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