JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986)
Lot 151

JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986)

Joseph Pala Schmiedeeisen, Eschenholz & Joseph La Zappa Schmiedeeisen, Olivenholz

Fermé20 April 2023

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JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986)
Joseph Pala Schmiedeeisen, Eschenholz & Joseph La Zappa Schmiedeeisen, Olivenholz
signed and inscribed ‘Joseph Beuys 7.M.’ (on the shovel) & signed and inscribed ‘Joseph Beuys FIU’ (on the pickaxe)
iron, wood shovel, pickaxe, mounted on metal; iron, wood shovel, pick axe laid on metal
shovel: 15 x 133 x 28 cm. (5 7/8 x 52 3/8 x 11 in.)
pickaxe: 7 x 73 x 8 cm. (2 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1983 & 1978
edition of 35 (2)

Achenbach Art Consulting, Düsseldorf
Private collection (acquired from the above in 2000)
Sotheby’s London, 13 October 2012, lot 322
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Note du spécialiste

“If the theory behind the work were the actual work, then I wouldn’t have to make something which was to be perceived through the sense organs.” —Joseph Beuys