Joseph Beuys*, Augurs. Unique misprint 1982 –

Lot: 237

Joseph Beuys*, Augurs. Unique misprint 1982

Augurs. 1982. Unique misprint, color offset on paper. Motif: 51 x 35cm / Sheet: 61 x 43 cm. Signed, titled and inscribed in red felt-tip pen: Auguren / Joseph Beuys / (telephone cord traced). Edition Staeck, Heidelberg (ed.)

For comparison, catalog raisonné no. 443, one of 20 differently colored, hand-reworked proofs outside the edition of 220 signed and numbered copies.

The augurs were Roman officials who had to determine whether a government-planned undertaking was acceptable to the gods. They proclaimed the will of the gods.

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Estimate: 2,800 € - 3,800 €

Unsold lot

K-13 - Auction May 2024
04. May 2024 at 11:00 AM CEST

Literature:

Cat. raisonné Schellmann, WVZ No. 443, p. 486 (cf.)

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