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Das Schweigen (The Silence)
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Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)
Das Schweigen (The Silence)
stamped with the artist's name, titled, numbered, dated and inscribed 'Copyright 1973 by Edition René Block Berlin and MULTIPLES INC. New York Auflage 50 Exemplare Dieses Exemplare trägt die Nummer 29 JOSEPH BEUYS DAS SCHWEIGEN HUSTENANFALL-GLETSCHER' (on two plaques affixed to the first reel); stamped again with the artist's name, titled again and numbered sequentially 'JOSEPH BEUYS DAS SCHWEIGEN 1-5' (on a plaque affixed to each reel)
five 35mm film reels of Ingmar Bergman's The Silence, 1962, lacquered and plated in copper and zinc baths with original labeled case
diameter (each reel): 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
case: 8 1/2 x 17 x 16 1/2 in. (21.6 x 43.1 x 41.9 cm.)
Executed in 1973. This work is number twenty-nine from an edition of fifty plus ten artist's proofs published by Edition René Block, Berlin and Multiples Inc., New York.
Das Schweigen (The Silence)
stamped with the artist's name, titled, numbered, dated and inscribed 'Copyright 1973 by Edition René Block Berlin and MULTIPLES INC. New York Auflage 50 Exemplare Dieses Exemplare trägt die Nummer 29 JOSEPH BEUYS DAS SCHWEIGEN HUSTENANFALL-GLETSCHER' (on two plaques affixed to the first reel); stamped again with the artist's name, titled again and numbered sequentially 'JOSEPH BEUYS DAS SCHWEIGEN 1-5' (on a plaque affixed to each reel)
five 35mm film reels of Ingmar Bergman's The Silence, 1962, lacquered and plated in copper and zinc baths with original labeled case
diameter (each reel): 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
case: 8 1/2 x 17 x 16 1/2 in. (21.6 x 43.1 x 41.9 cm.)
Executed in 1973. This work is number twenty-nine from an edition of fifty plus ten artist's proofs published by Edition René Block, Berlin and Multiples Inc., New York.
Provenance
Luhring Augustine, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994
Literature
J. Schellmann, ed., Joseph Beuys: Multiples, Catalogue Raisonné of Multiples and Prints 1965-85, Munich, 1985, no. 80 (another example illustrated).
J. Schellmann, ed., Joseph Beuys: Die Multiples, Werkverzeichnis der Auflagenobjekte und Druckgraphik 1965-86, Munich, 1992, p. 117, no. 80 (another example illustrated).
The Froehlich Collection: German and American Art from Beuys and Warhol, exh. cat., London, Tate Gallery, 1996, p. 249, no. 87 (another example illustrated).
J. Schellmann, ed., Joseph Beuys: Die Multiples, Werkverzeichnis der Auflagenobjekte und Druckgraphik 1965-86, Munich, 1992, p. 117, no. 80 (another example illustrated).
The Froehlich Collection: German and American Art from Beuys and Warhol, exh. cat., London, Tate Gallery, 1996, p. 249, no. 87 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Joseph Beuys: Skulpturen und Objekte, 1988, p. 210, no. 66 (another example illustrated).
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie & Württembergischer Kunstverein; Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen and Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Sammlungsblöcke: Stiftung Froehlich, 1996-1997, p. 249, no. 87 (illustrated).
Karlsruhe, ZKM, Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion and Art, 2002, p. 650 (illustrated).
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie & Württembergischer Kunstverein; Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen and Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Sammlungsblöcke: Stiftung Froehlich, 1996-1997, p. 249, no. 87 (illustrated).
Karlsruhe, ZKM, Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion and Art, 2002, p. 650 (illustrated).
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