Joseph Beuys: The Schellmann Collection

Joseph Beuys

Filzanzug (Felt Suit); GIB MIR HONIG ! (GIVE ME HONEY !)

Artist's Resale Right

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October 17, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Joseph Beuys

1921 - 1986

Filzanzug (Felt Suit); GIB MIR HONIG ! (GIVE ME HONEY !)

numbered 80 and, unlike the regular edition, additionally signed and inscribed (on a label in the chest pocket of the suit); signed and titled (on the pole of the clothes rack)

felt, wooden hanger and metal clothes rack

overall: 176 x 100 x 71 cm; 69 ¼ x 39 ⅜ x 28 in.

Executed in 1970, Filzanzug (Felt Suit) is number 80 from an edition of 100 plus 10 artist's proofs.

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Joseph Beuys

1921 - 1986

Filzanzug (Felt Suit); GIB MIR HONIG ! (GIVE ME HONEY !)

numéroté 80 et, contrairement aux autres exemplaires de l'édition, signé et inscrit en plus (sur une étiquette dans la poche avant du costume) ; signé et titré (sur le pilier du portant)

feutre, cintre en bois et portant en métal

ensemble : 176 x 100 x 71 cm ; 69 ¼ x 39 ⅜ x 28 in.

Exécuté en 1970, Filzanzug (Felt Suit) est le numéro 80 d'une édition en 100 exemplaires plus 10 épreuves d'artiste.

Gerd Steindl (acquired directly from the artist)

Acquired from the above in 2017 by the present owner

Germano Celant, Beuys Tracce in Italia, Naples 1978, no. 30, p. 33, illustrated (another example)

Caroline Tisdall, Joseph Beuys, London 1979, p. 173, illustrated (another example)

Jörg Schellmann, Bernd Klüser, Joseph Beuys: Multiples, Catalogue Raisonné Multiples and Prints 1965-80, Munich 1980, no. 23, n.p., illustrated (another example)

Exh. Cat., Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, Joseph Beuys, 1984, no. 50, p. 55, illustrated (another example)

Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys: Multiples, Catalogue Raisonné of Multiples and Prints 1965-85, Munich 1985, no. 23, n.p., illustrated (another example)

Heiner Bastian, Joseph Beuys: Skulpturen und Objekte, Munich 1988, no. 61, p. 201, illustrated (another example)

Eva, Wendel & Jessyka Beuys, Joseph Beuys, Block Beuys, Munich 1990, p. 95, illustrated in colour (another example)

Exh. Cat., Munich, A11 Artforum, Joseph Beuys - a private collection, 1990, no. 23, pp. 118, 149, illustrated (another example)

Exh. Cat., Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Joseph Beuys: Natur, Materie, Form, 1991, no. 390, pp. 190,332, illustrated (another example)

Jörg Schellmann, Ed., Joseph Beuys: Die Multiples, Munich 1992, p. 16, illustrated, p. 65, illustrated in colour (another example)

Exh. Cat., Kunsthaus Zurich; Madrid, Museo Nacional Reina Sofía; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Joseph Beuys, 1993, p. 79, illustrated (another example)

Alain Borer, The Essential Joseph Beuys, Munich 1996, p. 112, illustrated in colour (another example)

Jörg Schellmann, Joseph Beuys: The Multiples, Catalogue Raisonné of Multiples and Prints, Munich 1997, no. 26, p. 64, illustrated in colour (another example)

Exh. Cat., Houston, The Menil Collection; London, Tate Modern, Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments, 2004, p. 124, illustrated in colour (another example)

Exh. Cat., Kunsthalle Krems, Joseph Beuys. Schamane, 2008, p. 30, illustrated in colour (another example)

Schellmann Art and ars publicata (ed. Jörg Schellmann and Nanke Schellmann), Joseph Beuys – The Multiples Catalogue raisonné of multiples and prints 1965 – 1986, 9th edition 2022, no. 26, illustrated in colour (online)