JOSEPH BEUYS (GERMAN 1921-1986)
Heidelberg (Tiber),1970
offset lithograph with stamps on cardstock
21.6 x 31.1 cm ( 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)
framed dimensions: 46.9 x 54.3 cm (18 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.)
signed middle right, numbered 27/30

PROVENANCE
John Gibson Gallery
Acquired from the above by the present owner

LOT NOTES
Joseph Beuys was a revolutionary artist, performer and theorist of the post-war era, who viewed art as a vehicle for social change and transformation. He is mostly associated with Fluxus movement. Beuys produced assemblages, installations, performances, prints, and drawings, among other media in which he reflected on humanism, sociology and anthroposophy. Beuys participated in the Venice Biennale and Documenta multiple times, and his works are in the collections of Harvard Art Museum, Moderna Museet, Tate Modern, the Kunsthalle Bern, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art and others.