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Joseph Beuys
Capri-Batterie
- Estimate
- £10,000 - 15,000♠
£12,500
Lot Details
Multiple comprising light bulb (Mazda) with manufacturer's inkstamp, plug socket, and exchangeable lemon,
1985
dimensions variable, light bulb and plug socket 11.7 x 6.6 x 5.8 cm (4 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
signed and numbered 25/200 in pencil on the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity (there were also some artist's proofs), published by Edizioni Lucio Amelio, Naples, contained in the original wooden box.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present lot is from the collection of Hans Jochen Schmidt, who spent the summer of 1985 with Joseph Beuys at his Lucio Amelio's villa on the island of Capri. Schmidt participated in the execution of this edition, and took the photograph of this multiple illustrated on the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity.
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Literature