Joseph Beuys

Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1976)

Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (on long-term loan, 1976-2008)
Krefeld, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Museum Haus Lange, Einzelwerke+ Zusammenhänge. Neue Arbeiten in der Sammlung des Kaiser Wilhelm Museums, 1976-77
Krefeld, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Museum Haus Lange, Wahrnehmungen, Aufzeichnungen, Mitteilungen. Die Erweiterung des Wirklichkeitsbegriffs in der Kunst der 60er und 70er Jahnre, 1979, p. 38, no. 9, illustrated
Leverkusen, Erholungshaus der Bayer AG; Nuremberg, Kunsthalle Nurnberg; Krefeld, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Museum Haus Lange and Museum Haus Esters, Zeichnungen 1950-1990 aus dem Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld und der Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs, 1996, p. 55, no. 10, illustrated
New York, Zwirner & Wirth, Works on Paper from the Collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, 2008
London, Hauser & Wirth, Joseph Beuys: Early Works on Paper from the Collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, 2009
Duisburg, Germany, Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Joseph Beuys and Anselm Kiefer: Drawings - Gouaches - Books, 2012
Leeds, Harewood House, In Cloud Country, 2013

Gerhard Storck, Joseph Beuys im Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. Bildheft 1, Krefeld 1976, n.p., pl. 10, illustrated
Gerhard Storck, et al., Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs im Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld. Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, Krefeld 1983, p. 119, no. 20, illustrated
Alexandra Whitney, Ed.,The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, New York 2009, Vol. I, p. 51, illustrated; and Vol. II, pp. 74-75, no. 19, illustrated

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper and the paper tone tends more towards cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to a another sheet in the upper two corners, which is attached to the mount. There is some staining to the edges, and a few unobtrusive spots of media accretions, all of which are visible in the catalogue illustration and in keeping with the artist's working process.
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