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Description: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

1921-1986
SILBERBESEN UND BESEN OHNE HAARE (SILVER BROOM AND BROOM WITHOUT BRISTLES)

measurements
silver broom: 139 by 51cm.; 54 3/4 by 20 1/8 in.

alternate measurements
copper broom: 130 by 51cm.; 51 1/4 by 20 1/8 in.

silver broom: embossed with the signature, the title Besen I, the date 1972 and the numbers 18/20
copper broom: embossed with the signature, the title Besen II, the date 1972 and the numbers 18/20

silver-plated wooden broom and copper broom with felt underlay

Executed in 1972, this work is number 18 from an edition of 20 plus 4 artist's proofs published by Edition René Block, Berlin.

PROVENANCE

René Block, Berlin
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1987

EXHIBITED

Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie & Württembergischer Kunstverein; Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Sammlungsblöcke: Stiftung Froehlich, 1996-97, p. 249, no. 86, illustrated
Karlsruhe, ZKM, Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion and Art, 2002, p. 633, illustrated in colour


LITERATURE

Jörg Schellmann, Ed., Joseph Beuys: Multiples, Catalogue Raisonné of Multiples and Prints 1965-85, Munich 1985, no. 65, illustration of another example
Jörg Schellmann, Ed., Joseph Beuys: Die Multiples, Werkverzeichnis der Auflagenobjekte und Druckgraphik 1965-86, Munich 1992, p. 95, no. 62, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, London, Tate Gallery, The Froehlich Collection: German and American Art from Beuys and Warhol, 1996, p. 249, no. 86, illustrated