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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 11, 2015 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 126 | $****** - ****** | KALKSTEINGEBIRGE (LIMESTONE MOUNTAINS) |
Works on Paper
21 x 29.7 cm (8.27 x 11.69 in)
ink, chlorinated iron and milk on paper mounted on paper
signed twice and dated 1956 on the reverse of the upper sheet; signed, titled and dated 1956 on the reverse of the lower sheet
Franz Joseph and Hans van der Grinten, Kranenburg
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1976)
Innsbruck, Galerie im Taxis Palais, Joseph Beuys - Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung Hans und Franz van der Grinten, 1970, no. 28
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (on long-term loan, 1976-2008)
Krefeld, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Museum Haus Lange, Einzelwerke +Zusammenhänge. Neue Arbeiten in der Sammlung des Kaiser Wilhelm Museums, 1976-77
Krefeld, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Museum Haus Lange, Wahrnehmungen, Aufzeichungen, Mitteilungen. Die Erweiterug des Wirklichkeitsbegriffs in der Kunst der 60er und 70er Jahre, 1979, p. 42, no. 7, illustrated
Leverkusen, Erholungshaus der Bayer AG; Nuremberg, Kunsthalle Nurnberg; Krefeld,Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Museum Haus Lange and Museum Haus Esters, Zeichungen 1950-1990 aus dem Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld und der Sammlung Helga under Walther Lauffs, 1996, no. 8
New York, Zwirner & Wirth, Works on Paper from the Collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, 2008
London, Hauser & Wirth, Joseph Beuys: Early Works on Paper from the Collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, 2009
Duisburg, Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Joseph Beuys and Anselm Kiefer: Drawings - Gouaches - Books, 2012
Leeds, Harewood House, In Cloud Country, 2013
Gerhard Storck, Joseph Beuys im Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. Bildheft 1, Krefeld 1976, n.p., pl. 8, illustrated
Gerhard Storck, et al., Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs im Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld. Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, Krefeld 1983, p. 111, no. 16, illustrated
Alexandra Whitney, Ed.,The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, New York 2009, Vol. I, p. 47, illustrated; and Vol. II, pp. 71-72, no. 15, illustrated
