Lot 205
  • 205

Joseph Beuys

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joseph Beuys
  • Untitled (Partiture dell'Intervista con Germano Celant) (i & ii)
  • each: pencil on paper
  • each: 21.6 by 27.9cm.; 8 1/2 by 11in.
  • Executed in 1977.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Pace Wildenstein, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Germano Celant, Beuys: Tracce in Italia, Naples 1978, p. 202, no. 207, each illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends more towards cream in each. Condition: Each work is in very good condition. Each sheet is hinged to the backing mount in the top two corners on the reverse. (I) (Cairn) There is a tiny fox mark adjacent to the lower right corner, and some extremely light discolouration to the extreme edges of the sheet. There is a small handling mark to the top left corner. (II) There is some extremely light discolouration to the extreme edges of the sheet.
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