BEUYS, JOSEPH
1921 Krefeld - 1986 Düsseldorf

Title: "Zone".
Date: 1978.
Technique: Chalk on etched copper plate in copper frame.
Measurement: 78 x 53 x 5cm.
Notation: Signed, dated and titled verso centre: Joseph Beuys 1978 Zone.
Frame/Pedestal: Plexiglass box frame.


The work is accompanied by a postcard written by Joseph Beuys and a copy of a letter from the estate to the collector.

Provenance:
- Private collection Düsseldorf
- Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf (according to the consignor)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Exhibitions:
- Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 1988

Literature:
- Exhib. cat. Joseph Beuys. Sculptures and Objects, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 1988, cat. no. 72, p. 216, ill.

- Unique work by the most famous German conceptual and action artist of high recognition value
- Chalk works and panel paintings served Beuys to visualise his concept of an expanding concept of art and social sculpture
- "Zone" as a testimony to Beuys' inspiring idea of elevating the work of art as an integral part of culture
- Mysteriously poetic work with an astonishing spatial presence.