Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) - Gletscher – Schwamm – Totenbett - (vendu sans prix de réserve)
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Joseph Beuys, Gletscher – Schwamm – Totenbett, 1979, lithography, edition 5/75, 99 × 71 cm, signed by hand and numbered, produced in Germany by Galerie, in good condition with a center crease.
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Splendid grand textual work by sculptor Joseph Beuys, artist of the Fluxus movement. Edition limited to 75 copies, this one numbered 5.
Title: "Gletscher – Schwamm – Totenbett"
Artist: Joseph Beuys (1921-1985)
Technique: heliogravure
Style: Fluxus [Contemporary]
Signature: Signed and numbered by hand in pencil
Format: 99 x 71 cm
Condition: Good; traces of a crease at the center, small defects to report
Work addressing the cycle of life and matter (Gletscher – Schwamm – Totenbett).
The text continues with a poem evoking the “Dragon Country” (Drachenland): “The land of dragons still lives, still lives the land of dragons...”. For Beuys, Drachenland symbolizes the world of fairy tales, ancient mythology, and pure imagination. By linking this fantastical world to rougher terms (such as the “shuttle of the Dragon Country”), he expresses the idea that spiritual power, myth, and the forces of artistic creation survive, even in a modern materialist and degraded world.
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Seller's Story
Founded in 2010 in the heart of the Drouot District in Paris by Julien Chaudet, Galerie Le Chevalet Bleu presents a selection of paintings, drawings and lithographs from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as antique Chinese porcelains.
Translated by Google TranslateSplendid grand textual work by sculptor Joseph Beuys, artist of the Fluxus movement. Edition limited to 75 copies, this one numbered 5.
Title: "Gletscher – Schwamm – Totenbett"
Artist: Joseph Beuys (1921-1985)
Technique: heliogravure
Style: Fluxus [Contemporary]
Signature: Signed and numbered by hand in pencil
Format: 99 x 71 cm
Condition: Good; traces of a crease at the center, small defects to report
Work addressing the cycle of life and matter (Gletscher – Schwamm – Totenbett).
The text continues with a poem evoking the “Dragon Country” (Drachenland): “The land of dragons still lives, still lives the land of dragons...”. For Beuys, Drachenland symbolizes the world of fairy tales, ancient mythology, and pure imagination. By linking this fantastical world to rougher terms (such as the “shuttle of the Dragon Country”), he expresses the idea that spiritual power, myth, and the forces of artistic creation survive, even in a modern materialist and degraded world.
[Kellerman]
Seller's Story
Founded in 2010 in the heart of the Drouot District in Paris by Julien Chaudet, Galerie Le Chevalet Bleu presents a selection of paintings, drawings and lithographs from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as antique Chinese porcelains.
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Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
5/75
Artist
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)
Title of artwork
Gletscher – Schwamm – Totenbett - (vendu sans prix de réserve)
Technique
Lithograph
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Germany
Year
1979
Condition
Good condition
Height
99 cm
Width
71 cm
Style
Contemporary
Sold with frame
No
Period
1970-1980
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