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Untitled from “3 Ton Edition”
197320th century
463 x 455 mm (18.2 x 17.9 in.)
Joseph Beuys, German, (1921–1986)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Screenprint with brown paint additions on soft sheet of PVC plastic
Edition:
Staeck, Heidelberg. One from a series of 40 different images, total weight 3 tons, each with hand-painted additions by Beuys. Images are in irregular sequences with many variations in brown paint & collage. Photos: Lothar Wolleh
Marks:
Signed in ink, center right: “508/3+ Joseph Beuys”
Bibliography:
Jorg Schellmann and Bernd Kluser, eds., Joseph Beuys Multiples: Catalogue Raisonné 1965–80 (Munich, 1980), cat. no. 75; comment (from this or other source?): “The sheets were originally produced for an ‘underwater book’ which did not appear for technical reasons.”
Credit Line:
Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.25.1
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This object has the following keywords:
- artist portraits
- male portraits
- portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
- printmaker portraits
- self-portraits
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 463 x 455 mm (18.2 x 17.9 in.)
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Credit Caption
Joseph Beuys, German, (1921–1986) . Untitled from “3 Ton Edition”, 1973. Screenprint with brown paint additions on soft sheet of PVC plastic. image : 463 x 455 mm (18.2 x 17.9 in.). DAC accession number 1983.25.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1983.