Lot 169
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169
Joseph Beuys
Filzanzug, 1978.
Multiple. Felt
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100 Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 40,767 (incl. surcharge)
Filzanzug. 1978.
Multiple. Felt.
Cf. Schellmann 26. Signed on the inside pocket. One of 60 copies. Ca. 170 x 60 cm (66.9 x 23.6 in).
This piece is one of 60 that were worn by the "Alti Richtig" carnival group at the carnival parade in 1978. The group's theme was Beuys' envrionment artwork "Feuerstätte", which the Basel Art Museum had purchased. Joseph Beuys provided a felt suit from the original 1970 edition for this purpose and also took part in the carnival procession. Beuys used several of the suits worn at the time for his new work "Feuerstätte II", which he donated to the Basel Art Museum. At the time, the young architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron suggested a theme for the carnival group.
• Other suits worn during the parade are now part of the work "Feuerstätte II" by Joseph Beuys in the Kunstmuseum Basel.
• Felt insulates heat and sound, offers protection and prevents communication.
• The felt suit is an extension of the felt sculptures that Joseph Beuys created for his actions.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford.
"I actually meant a completely different kind of warmth, a spiritual or an evolutionary beginning"
Joseph Beuys, quoted from: Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys. Die Multiples, Munich 1992, p. 19.
Multiple. Felt.
Cf. Schellmann 26. Signed on the inside pocket. One of 60 copies. Ca. 170 x 60 cm (66.9 x 23.6 in).
This piece is one of 60 that were worn by the "Alti Richtig" carnival group at the carnival parade in 1978. The group's theme was Beuys' envrionment artwork "Feuerstätte", which the Basel Art Museum had purchased. Joseph Beuys provided a felt suit from the original 1970 edition for this purpose and also took part in the carnival procession. Beuys used several of the suits worn at the time for his new work "Feuerstätte II", which he donated to the Basel Art Museum. At the time, the young architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron suggested a theme for the carnival group.
• Other suits worn during the parade are now part of the work "Feuerstätte II" by Joseph Beuys in the Kunstmuseum Basel.
• Felt insulates heat and sound, offers protection and prevents communication.
• The felt suit is an extension of the felt sculptures that Joseph Beuys created for his actions.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford.
"I actually meant a completely different kind of warmth, a spiritual or an evolutionary beginning"
Joseph Beuys, quoted from: Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys. Die Multiples, Munich 1992, p. 19.
"The felt suit is not just a gag, but an extension of my felt sculptures, which I have also made infor art actions. Here, felt also appears as a heat element or insulator, it is used in all categories of heat sculpture, mostly in connection with fat. And this is a branch of that. So it has a connection to the character of warmth." (Joseph Beuys, quoted from: Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys. Die Multiples, Munich 1992, p. 16). [EH]
169
Joseph Beuys
Filzanzug, 1978.
Multiple. Felt
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100 Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 40,767 (incl. surcharge)