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Joseph Beuys
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Description
- Joseph Beuys
- Bett (Bed)
- stamped 4/6 on the base; signed and dated 1950 on the underside
- bronze
- 21 by 52.2 by 25cm.
- 8 1/4 by 20 1/2 by 9 7/8 in.
- Conceived in 1950 and cast circa 1969, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Provenance
Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf
Private Collection, Germany
Private Collection, Germany
Exhibited
Düsseldorf, Galerie Alfred Schmela, Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1972, no. 11, illustrated
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue, Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs im Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld. Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, 1983-84, p. 97, no. 11, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, BEUYS zu Ehren, 1986, p. 100, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Transit. Joseph Beuys. Plastische Arbeiten und Zeichnungen 1947-1985, 1991-92, p. 65, no. 4, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Joseph Beuys: Natur Materie Form, 1991-92, no. 56, pl. 27, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Schwerpunkt Skulptur. Hundertvierzig Werke von Achtzig Künstlern 1950-1990, 1992, p. 92, no. 15, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Houston, The Menil Collection; London, Tate Modern, Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments, 2004-05, p. 60, no. 48, illustration of another example in colour in an installation
Steidl/Zwirner & Wirth, The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, Göttingen 2009, Vol. I, p. 31, illustration of another example in colour, and Vol. II, p. 67, no. 10, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, BEUYS zu Ehren, 1986, p. 100, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Transit. Joseph Beuys. Plastische Arbeiten und Zeichnungen 1947-1985, 1991-92, p. 65, no. 4, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Joseph Beuys: Natur Materie Form, 1991-92, no. 56, pl. 27, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Schwerpunkt Skulptur. Hundertvierzig Werke von Achtzig Künstlern 1950-1990, 1992, p. 92, no. 15, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Houston, The Menil Collection; London, Tate Modern, Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments, 2004-05, p. 60, no. 48, illustration of another example in colour in an installation
Steidl/Zwirner & Wirth, The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, Göttingen 2009, Vol. I, p. 31, illustration of another example in colour, and Vol. II, p. 67, no. 10, illustration of another example in colour