Joseph Beuys

Capri-Batterie

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February 29, 05:23 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Joseph Beuys

1921 - 1986

Capri-Batterie

multiple comprising light bulb (Mazda) and plug socket, contained in the original wooden box

overall: 4¾ by 2⅜ by 2⅜ in. (12.1 by 6 by 6 cm.)

box: 7⅛ by 7¼ by 7⅛ in. (18.1 by 18.4 by 18.1 cm.)

Executed in 1985, this example is number 59 from the edition of 200, published by Edizione Lucio Amelio.

Galerie Jan Wagner, Berlin

Private Collection, Terni, Italy

Il Ponte Casa D'Aste Dal Milan, 21 July 2020, lot 153

Acquired from the above be the present owner

Hirschl & Adler Modern, ed., Joseph Beuys, New York 1988, p.107, n. 71 (illustrated in color)

Douglas Fogle and Hanneke Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection, New York 2021, p. 180, illustrated in color and p. 413