Joseph Beuys - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, September 19, 2024 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Edition Schellmann, Munich
    Private German Collection

  • Literature

    Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, pp. 46-49

255

4 Bücher aus: "Projekt Westmensch" (4 Books, from: "Project West Man")

1958/1992
A facsimile edition containing four sketchbooks with grano-lithographs in colours, with 454 out of a total 1168 pages bearing imagery and notations, on Scholars writing paper, the full sheets bound (as issued), all contained in the original black cloth-covered slipcase with printed label.
all books 30 x 22 x 2 cm (11 3/4 x 8 5/8 x 0 3/4 in.)
slipcase 31.5 x 22.3 x 9 cm (12 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

Each book stamp-numbered '301' in black ink on a label affixed to an end page, from the edition of 365 (there were also 35 hors commerce copies), published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York.

Estimate
£1,000 - 1,500 ‡♠

Sold for £1,905

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 19 - 20 September 2024