Offset on grey machine laid paper
Germany, 1977
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) - German performance artist, sculptor, graphic artist, art theorist
Editor: Free International University, Kassel
Signed in pencil in the lower margin ‘Joseph Beuys’
With the stamp by the Free International University in blue and a grease stain in the lower area
Catalogue raisonné: Schellmann 206
Sheet dimensions: 88 x 16.5 cm
Frame dimensions: 89.2 x 18 cm
Multiple with three texts about food and thought; the auction record for a print of this series is set at around €6,000
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 800 Euro

The script ‘Food for Thought’ was published by Beuys’ own founded Free International University that existed during documenta 6 for a period of 100 days in Kassel. The script was sold to collect funds for the staff of the university. The text contains a food list, the record of a phone call and an Irish poem of the 6th century. The content of the three texts is linked via the common themes food and thought. The work could be regarded as a contribution to literature in the genre assembly poem, however, grease stain, stamp and signature make it a piece of art by Beuys.



Condition:

The paper is toned and shows foxing. In the lower area is a grease stain (intended). The dimensions of the sheet are 88 x 16.5 cm and the frame measures 89.2 x 18 cm.



Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)

Born in Krefeld in 1921, Joseph Beuys was one of the most important German artists of the second half of the 20th Century. After his military service at the German Air Force and his legendary plane crash in 1944, Beuys began his career as an artist as the master pupil of Ewald Mataré at the Stately Art Academy in Dusseldorf. Early on, the artist received numerous commissions and in 1961 he was called to the Dusseldorf Academy as a professor. Beuys’s works were exhibited at the documenta III in Kassel and the 37th Venice Biennale and were honored with many international awards. In 1979, Beuys met Andy Warhol, who created the famous silkscreen portrait of the artist. In 1986 Beuys died at the age of 64 in his studio in Dusseldorf. His works can be found in many international museums such as the Tate Modern in London, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Museum Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. (tm)

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