Joseph Beuys, Green Violin, 1974

Joseph Beuys, Green Violin, 1974. photo Philips de Pury & Co

Painted violin. 23 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (59.7 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm).  Stamped “Fluxus Zone West” by the artist on face. This work is from a planned edition of 24 of which only about 12 were produced. Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich. ESTIMATE $12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE  Collection Maury Chaplick, Toronto; Roth Horowitz, New York; Diego Cortez Arte Ltd., New York

EXHIBITED  Høvikodden (Norway), Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Joseph Beuys—Multiples and Prints, 1982 (another example exhibited)

LITERATURE  H. Bastian, Joseph Beuys—Skulpturen und Objekte Katalog, Band 1, Munich, 1988, p. 211, no. 67 (illustrated); J. Schellmann, ed., Joseph Beuys, The Multiples, 1997, Munich, pp. 152, no. 135, 449, no. 135, 539 and 545 (illustrated)

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