Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) - Banknote 1000 Mark

JOSEPH BEUYS Reichsbanknote 1000 Mark hand-signed

Berlin, 21 April 1910 - Reichsbanknote - 1000 Mark - Series No. 7378384K
Sheet size approximately 18.5 x 11 cm, hand-signed with a red felt-tip pen.

Beuys believed that every person is an artist. That means nothing else than that every person per se has the ability to shape society. "Direct democracy" And he not only can shape it, he should do it. "Art=Capital" Beuys always engaged with political and economic questions like money circulation. "Museum of Money" "News from Gold" Thus banknotes also became works of art, signed or bearing messages, since this is forbidden with valid banknotes — even if it is art, he resorted to foreign and old banknotes.

Provenance: Hamburg collector
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