Filzanzug (S. 26)

Details

Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)
Filzanzug (S. 26)
numbered '33' (on an artist's label affixed to the inside of the jacket)
felt and coat hanger
dimensions variable; height according to hanging, circa 100 cm.
Executed in 1970, this work is number thirty-three from an edition of one hundred plus ten Hors Commerce, published by Galerie René Block, Berlin

Literature

C. Tisdall, Joseph Beuys, exh.cat., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1979 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 172).
B. Strieber, Joseph Beuys, Die Materialien und ihre Botschaft, exh.cat., Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedbrug-Hau 2006, no.80, (another from the edition illustrated, p. 110).

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

'Yes, Beuys works with the material, felt. Why doesn't he work with colour? But people never think far enough ahead to say: well, if he's working with felt, perhaps he means to evoke a colourful world inside us?'
(Joseph Beuys quoted in an interview with J. Schellmann and B. Klser in 1970, in: J. Schellmann, Joseph Beuys. Multiples. Catalogue Raisonné of Multiples and Prints 1965-1985, Munich 1985, unpaged)

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