circa 1960Unique work comprised of grease on torn card.13 x 25 cm (5 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.)Signed 'Joseph Beuys' in pencil, with the artist's Hauptstrom inkstamp, framed.
Estimate£3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
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London Auction 14 June 2021
1
Joseph Beuys
Capri-Batterie (Capri Battery) (S. 546)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 Ω♠
Sold for £16,380
2
Sonne statt Reagan (Sun Instead of Reagan) (S. 447)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,520
3
Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja, Nee Nee Nee Nee Nee (Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, No No No No No) (S. 13)
Estimate £300 - 500 Ω♠
Sold for £693
4
Celtic Kinloch Rannoch (S. 334)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,008
5No Reserve
DDR-Tüte (Guten Einkauf) (GDR Paper Bag) (S. 324)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡♠
Sold for £1,260
6
Holzpostkarte (Wood Postcard); and Filzpostkarte (Felt Postcard) (S. 104, 539)
Estimate £600 - 800 ‡♠
Sold for £630
7
Wirtschaftswert Signiertusche (Economic Value Signature Ink) (S. 469)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,016
8
DM 90,000 (S. 463)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £3,276
9
L'Arte è una zanzara dalle mille ali (Art is a thousand-winged mosquito) (S. 395-398)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
10
Painting Version 1-90 (S. 186)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,560
11
Cosmos und Damian Gebohnert (Cosmos and Damian Polished) (S. 156)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ‡♠
Sold for £1,764
12
Kunst = Kapital (Art = Capital) (S. 367)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £14,490
13
Mit Schwefel überzogene Zinkkiste (tamponierte Ecke) (Sulphur-Covered Zinc Box (Plugged Corner)) (S. 21)
Sold for £10,080
14
Cuprum 0.3% unguentum metallicum praeparatum (S. 556)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,900
15
Schlitten (Sled) (S. 12)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 Ω♠
Sold for £132,300
16
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
17
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
18
KRIEG! (WAR!)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,420
19
Blindwühlmaus (Blind Vole)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
20
Freedom for James Boyle
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
21
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
22
This lot is no longer available.
23
Untitled (Braunkreuz; Belfast Space; and Take from Every Pile)
24
Paß für den Eintritt in die Zukunft (Passport for Entry into the Future) (S. 126)
25No Reserve
Joseph Beuys and John Cage
Orwell Print (S. 500)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •‡♠
Sold for £1,638
26
Sandzeichnugen (Sand Drawings) (S. 272-283)
Sold for £1,512
27
Zeichnungen für Codices Madrid von Leonardo da Vinci (Drawings for Codices Madrid by Leonardo Da Vinci) (S. 165-185)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡♠
28
Verde di rabbia (Green with Anger) (S. 365)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,024
29
Demokratie Ist Lustig (Democracy is Merry) (S. 68)
Sold for £5,040
30No Reserve
Vino F.I.U (S. 484)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 Ω•♠
Sold for £882
31
Free International University (Kunst = Kapital) (Art = Capital)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,200 ‡♠
32
Main Stream (S. 70B)
Estimate £400 - 600 ‡♠
33
Beuys/Rosebery/Fuller (S. 366)
34
Aus dem Eurasienstab (From Eurasia Staff) (S. 75)
Sold for £1,890
35
Yellow (S. 205)
Sold for £2,898
36
BRYONIA
37
Aus Künstlerpost (from Artist's Mail) (S. 15)
Sold for £3,780
38
Food for Thought (S. 206)
39
Auguren (Augurs) (S. 443)
40
La Jambe d'Orwell: Pantalons pour le 21e siècle (The Orwell Leg: Trousers for the 21st Century) (S. 485)
41
Levitazione in Italia (Levitation In Italy) (S. 247)
Sold for £756
42
Vitex Agnus Castus (S. 73)
Estimate £200 - 300 ‡♠
Sold for £441
43
Packbild 3 II (Picture Pack 3 II)
44
Klangkörper Tonsäule (Sound Box Tonal Column)
Sold for £13,860
45
2 Schafe (2 Sheep)
Sold for £15,120
46
47
Surrender II (S. 102B)
Estimate £300 - 500 ‡♠
48
Untitled, from Homage á Picasso (S. 84)
49
Meerengel zwei Robben (Sea Angel Two Seals), from Zirkulationszeitsuite (Suite Circulation Time) (S. 429)
50
Gletscher schwamm totenbett (Glacier Sponge Deathbed) (S. 308-309)
51
Besser heute aktiv (Better Active Today) (S. 60)
Sold for £819
52No Reserve
3 Tonnen Edition (3 Ton Edition) (S. 74)
Sold for £2,142
53
Im Kopf und im Topf (In Head and in Pot) (S. 268)
Sold for £567
54
Bitterfelder Telegramm (Bitterfeld Telegram) (S. 297)
Estimate £500 - 700 ‡♠
55
A.E.I.O.U, Difesa della natura (Defence of Nature) (S. 481)
Sold for £3,528
56
Joseph Beuys: Vitrines–Forms of the Sixties; Joseph Beuys: dernier espace avec introspecteur 1964-1982; Joseph Beuys: Stripes from the House of Shaman; and Joseph Beuys: Plight
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠†
Sold for £5,670
57
Postkarten (Postcards) 1968-1974 (see S. P1-68)
Estimate £400 - 600 Ω♠
58
The Archives: The Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren (S. 382)
59No Reserve
Joseph Beuys: dernier espace avec introspecteur 1964-1982: two books
Estimate £250 - 350 •♠
Sold for £126
60No Reserve
Joseph Beuys: Drawings
Estimate £400 - 600 •♠
Sold for £252
61
Alastair Thain
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠†
Sold for £5,292