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Incontro con Beuys (Encounter with Beuys)
Joseph Beuys (German, 1921–1986)
1974
Medium/Technique
Screenprint
Dimensions
Framed: 77.5 x 106.7 x 3.8 cm (30 1/2 x 42 x 1 1/2 in.)
Overall: 77.8 x 66.7cm (30 5/8 x 26 1/4in.)
Other (Sheet): 100 x 69.9cm (39 3/8 x 27 1/2in.)
Overall: 77.8 x 66.7cm (30 5/8 x 26 1/4in.)
Other (Sheet): 100 x 69.9cm (39 3/8 x 27 1/2in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Accession Number1991.704
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Schellmann 138
DescriptionA self-portrait of the artist in the act of making a sculpture. Silkscreen based on a photograph by Buby Durini (the Husband of Lucrezia de Domizio) with inscriptions stamped in purple ink, left center, on thick smooth dark cream wove paper.
InscriptionsThree stamps in purple ink, over artist's nose: Hauptstrom ["mainstream", in a circle, with other symbols]; Organisation für direkte Demokratie/ durch Volksabstimmung/ Informationsstelle/ 4 Dusseldorf/ Andreasstrasse 25 – Telefon 1 48 39; Oranization for Direct Democracy/ Through Referendum/ Information Center/ 4 Dusseldorf/ Andreasstrasse 25 – Telefon 1-48-39; in graphite, over stamps: Joseph Beuys/ 77/150
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