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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 | 129 | $****** - ****** | AKTRICE MIT FILZWINKEL (ACTRESS WITH FELT CORNER) |
Works on Paper
29.5 x 20.7 cm (11.61 x 8.15 in)
pencil and paint on paper
signed and dated 58; signed and dated 1958 on the reverse
Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1974)
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (on long-term loan, 1976-2008)
Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Einzelwerke+ Zusammenhänge. Neue Arbeiten in der Sammlung des Kaiser Wilhelm Museums, 1976-77
Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Wahrnehmungen, Aufzeichnungen, Mitteilungen. Die Erweiterung des Wirklichkeitsbegriffs in der Kunst der 60er und 70er Jahre, 1979; p. 41, no. 12, illustrated
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Transit. Joseph Beuys. Plastische Arbeiten und Zeichnungen 1947-1985, 1991-92, p. 54, no. 36, illustrated
Leverkusen, Erholungshaus der Bayer AG; Nuremberg, Kunsthalle Nürnberg; Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange and Museum Haus Esters, Zeichnungen 1950-1990 aus dem Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld und der Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs, 1996, p. 58, no. 13
Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle, "Ich bin interessiert an Transformation, Veränderung, Revolution" – Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, 2006-07; exhibition catalogue, p. 114, no. 56, illustrated
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
Gerhard Storck, Joseph Beuys im Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. Bildheft 1, Krefeld 1976, n.p., no. 5, 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. 113, no. 22, illustrated
Alexandra Whitney, Ed., The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, New York 2009, Vol. I, p. 55, illustrated; Vol. II, p. 76, no. 21, illustrated
