Lot 416
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Back side
416
Joseph Beuys
Magnetischer Abfall (4 Teile), 1975.
Relief. Steel sheet plate, embossed and mounted...
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700 Sold:
€ 11,250 / $ 12,037 (incl. surcharge)
Magnetischer Abfall (4 Teile). 1975.
Relief. Steel sheet plate, embossed and mounted on magnet steel cast, razorblade and embossing print of this relief on wax paper.
Steel sheet plate signed at the bottom, with embossed title "MAGNETISCHER ABFALL". Embossing print on wax paper signed and dated in lower right. Relief: 1 x 14.8 x 10.5 cm (0.3 x 5.8 x 4.1 in) Embossing print: 48 x 29 cm (18,8 x 11,7 in).
Cf. Magnetische Postkarte (Magnetic Postcard, Schellmann 154) and Magnetischer Abfall (Magnetic Waste, Schellmann 155) [EH].
• The embossed wax cloth as an advanced reinterpretation of the famous multiple.
• Made the year of Joseph Beuys’ visit to the USA.
• In 1975 Joseph Beuys took a stand against Klaus Staeck's exclusion through West German cultural authorities.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Germany (acquired directly from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg 1987.
Joseph Beuys: Wo ist Element 3?, Ketterer Kunst, Berlin, March 26 – May 22, 2021.
Relief. Steel sheet plate, embossed and mounted on magnet steel cast, razorblade and embossing print of this relief on wax paper.
Steel sheet plate signed at the bottom, with embossed title "MAGNETISCHER ABFALL". Embossing print on wax paper signed and dated in lower right. Relief: 1 x 14.8 x 10.5 cm (0.3 x 5.8 x 4.1 in) Embossing print: 48 x 29 cm (18,8 x 11,7 in).
Cf. Magnetische Postkarte (Magnetic Postcard, Schellmann 154) and Magnetischer Abfall (Magnetic Waste, Schellmann 155) [EH].
• The embossed wax cloth as an advanced reinterpretation of the famous multiple.
• Made the year of Joseph Beuys’ visit to the USA.
• In 1975 Joseph Beuys took a stand against Klaus Staeck's exclusion through West German cultural authorities.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Germany (acquired directly from the artist).
EXHIBITION: Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg 1987.
Joseph Beuys: Wo ist Element 3?, Ketterer Kunst, Berlin, March 26 – May 22, 2021.
The title magnetic waste results from an unsuccessful attempt to produce a magnetic postcard for Edition Staeck. In the Catalog Raisonné of the Multiples, a postcard in embossed sheet iron with an attached magnet is listed under no. 154 and a magnetic steel cast in an edition of 80 + XV under no. 155. Beuys experimented with different materials for postcards, such as wood or felt. The rusty steel plates in postcard size were wrapped in wax paper, which in this case was signed by the artist and thus declared an actual artwork due to its special color and materiality. The print through of the raised letters on the wax paper happened by chance and Beuys singled it out from the production of the multiples as a unique object. [Eugen Blume]
416
Joseph Beuys
Magnetischer Abfall (4 Teile), 1975.
Relief. Steel sheet plate, embossed and mounted...
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700 Sold:
€ 11,250 / $ 12,037 (incl. surcharge)