Lot 309 
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309
Joseph Beuys
Ohne Titel, Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 29,000 Sold:
€ 30,960 / $ 35,913 (incl. surcharge)
Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986
Ohne Titel. Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing.
Monogrammed in the lower right. On light off-white wove paper (with the watermark "MK Papier"). 20 x 29.2 cm (7.8 x 11.4 in), size of sheet. [KA].
• Extraordinary early drawing by the most influential artist of the German post-war period.
• The motif of the wolf also appears in Beuys' legendary performance “I like America and America likes me” at René Block Gallery, New York, 1974.
• Part of the same private collection for 60 years.
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time.
• Other works by Joseph Beuys are held in major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Modern, London, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
With a written expert opinion by Heiner Bastian, Berlin, dated September 23, 2025.
PROVENANCE: Hanns Lamers Collection, Kleve ( with a handwritten dedication on the reverse).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1965).
Since then in family ownership.
1921 - 1986
Ohne Titel. Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing.
Monogrammed in the lower right. On light off-white wove paper (with the watermark "MK Papier"). 20 x 29.2 cm (7.8 x 11.4 in), size of sheet. [KA].
• Extraordinary early drawing by the most influential artist of the German post-war period.
• The motif of the wolf also appears in Beuys' legendary performance “I like America and America likes me” at René Block Gallery, New York, 1974.
• Part of the same private collection for 60 years.
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time.
• Other works by Joseph Beuys are held in major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Modern, London, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
With a written expert opinion by Heiner Bastian, Berlin, dated September 23, 2025.
PROVENANCE: Hanns Lamers Collection, Kleve ( with a handwritten dedication on the reverse).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1965).
Since then in family ownership.
309
Joseph Beuys
Ohne Titel, Um 1957/58.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 29,000 Sold:
€ 30,960 / $ 35,913 (incl. surcharge)
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