Joseph Beuys

Painting Version 1-90

1976
Oil paint and butter, on BFK Rives paper, the full sheet, with torn hole.
S. 75.9 x 56.1 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Signed, titled and numbered 'I' in pencil on the front, inscribed '2 Schafsköpfe/Loch/Fett 1961/75' in pencil on the reverse, one of 12 impressions in Roman numerals (the edition was 90 and approximately 3 unnumbered artist's proofs), published by Verlag Schellmann & Klüser, Munich, framed.

Estimate
£7,000 - 9,000 ♠

Contact Specialist

Anne Schneider-Wilson

Head of Sale, Senior Specialist
London
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Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019

1
Richard Artschwager
Corner Splat, from Wall Works
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
2
Richard Artschwager
Corner Splat II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
3
John Baldessari
Eyebrow
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
4
Georg Baselitz
Melancholie, drei Rosen (Melancholy, Three Roses)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
5
Georg Baselitz
Frau am Abgrund, zwei Rosen (Woman at Abyss, Two Roses)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
6
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Kies-und Schotterwerke (Gravel Plants), image III, from Typologies series
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
7
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Gasbehälter (Gas Tanks), image VII, from Typologies series
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
8
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Fachwerkhäuser, Siegener Industriegebiet (Framework Houses, Industrial District of Siegen) 1959–1973
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
9
Joseph Beuys
Sonnenscheibe (Sun Disc)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
10
Joseph Beuys
zeige deine Wunde (Show Your Wound)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
11
Joseph Beuys
Cuprum 0.3% unguentum metallicum praeparatum
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
12
Joseph Beuys
Painting Version 1-90
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
13
Joseph Beuys
4 Bücher aus: "Projekt Westmensch" (4 Books, from: "Project West Man")
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,125
14
Joseph Beuys
Triptychon (Triptych)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
15
Daniel Buren
1 + 2 = 3 (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
16
Daniel Buren
1 + 2 = 3 (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
17
Daniel Buren
25 Enamel Plates, from Wall Works
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
18
Vanessa Beecroft
Vogue Hommes (Vogue Men), from Double Exposure
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,250
19
Glenn Brown
Sympathy for the Poor
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,000
20
Maurizio Cattelan
Bregenz
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
21
Francesco Clemente
Peso (Weight)
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £875
22
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Explaining Christians to Dinosaurs
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
23
Tony Cragg
Palette, from For Joseph Beuys
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
24
Michael Craig-Martin
Signs of Life
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £3,000
25
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Payphone
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
26
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Show Window
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
27
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Red Store Front, Project
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,750
28
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Automobile, Project for Volvo 122 S Sport Sedan
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
29
Chuck Close
Phil (Philip Glass)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
30
Chuck Close
Self Portrait
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
31
Marlene Dumas
United Europe
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £7,500
32
Tacita Dean
Lord Byron Died
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,000
33
Thomas Demand
Pile (Stapel), from Double Exposure
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
34
Thomas Demand
Five Drafts (Simulator)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,000
35
Hanne Darboven
Sunrise - Sunset (To: New York)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
36
Hanne Darboven
ABC-Arbeit (A-Ω)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
37
Hanne Darboven
24 Gesänge (24 Chants)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
38
Hanne Darboven
Geigensolo (Violin Solo)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,500
39
William Eggleston
Untitled (Mayfield, Kentucky) ca. 1999-2000
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,250
40
Olafur Eliasson
Jökulsgilskvisl (Glacier Canyon Fork), from Double Exposure
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,000
41
Olafur Eliasson
Sunset Door, from Door Cycle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
42
Elmgreen & Dragset
Belly Door, from Door Cycle
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
43
Dan Flavin
Untitled (to Mary Elizabeth)
Estimate £100,000 - 120,000
Sold for £125,000
44
Dan Flavin
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,000
45
Dan Flavin
Projects 1963-95
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £12,500
46
Dan Flavin
Untitled (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £2,375
47
Günther Förg
Untitled, from 9 Farben (9 Colours)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
48
Günther Förg
Leaves
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £9,250
49
Günther Förg
Coda, from Sequences
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,250
50
Katharina Fritsch
Lexikonzeichnung (2. Serie: Mensch) (Lexicon Drawing (2nd Series: Human)), from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
51
Sylvie Fleury
IĈONE (ICON)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
52
Sylvie Fleury
Happy Clinique, from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,250
53
Ellen Gallagher
Bouffant Pride
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
54
Gilbert & George
The Singing Sculpture 1969-91
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,625
55
Gilbert & George
Hearts of Plane
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,063
56
Gilbert & George
Fingers of Fate
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,125
57
Liam Gillick
Multiplied Discussion Structure
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
58
Liam Gillick
A short text on the possibility of creating an economy of equivalence, from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
59
Liam Gillick
Weekday in Sochaux
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
60
Liam Gillick
Shelf System A
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
61
Jack Goldstein
Untitled #1; and #2
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £2,000
62
Nan Goldin
Joey in my mirror, Berlin 1992; and Joey in my vanity mirror, NYC 1999, from Double Exposure
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,750
63
Peter Halley
Static Wallpaper, from Wall Works
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
64
Peter Halley
Relief
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £7,500
65
Peter Halley
Nowhere
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,000
66
Peter Halley
Elsewhere
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £2,500
67
Peter Halley
Core; Display; and Fluke
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
68
Peter Halley
A Tour of Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £2,750
69
Keith Haring
Dog
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £362,500
70
Keith Haring
Dog
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £50,000
71
Keith Haring
Totem (Wood)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
Sold for £150,000
72
Keith Haring
Totem (Concrete)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £137,500
73
Keith Haring
Totem
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £43,750
74
Keith Haring
Three Lithographs: one plate
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £52,500
75
Keith Haring
Three Lithographs: one plate
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £17,500
76
Keith Haring
Three Lithographs: one plate
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,000
77
Keith Haring
Pyramid
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
78
Keith Haring
Pyramid
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £40,000
79
Keith Haring
Untitled (Free South Africa)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £47,500
80
Keith Haring
Portrait of Joseph Beuys, from For Joseph Beuys
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
81
Richard Hamilton
Bathroom - fig. 1
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
82
Mona Hatoum
Puzzled, from Wall Works
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
83
Mona Hatoum
Set in Stone
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
84
Candida Höfer
Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg 2000 (University Library Hamburg 2000), from Double Exposure
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
85
Candida Höfer
Barock Brasilien 2005 (Baroque Brazil 2005)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
86
Jenny Holzer
Green Survival
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
87
Jenny Holzer
Amber Truisms Living
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
88
Jenny Holzer
Blue Laments Arno
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £30,000
89
Jenny Holzer
Truth Before Power
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,375
90
Axel Hütte
Sunset 1; and Sunset 2, from Double Exposure
Estimate £1,800 - 2,200 ♠
91
Alfredo Jaar
Gold in the Morning
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
92
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £100,000
93
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £93,750
94
Donald Judd
Untitled (Wall Project), from Wall Works
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
95
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £93,750
96
Donald Judd
Untitled (Folded Meters)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
97
Donald Judd
Untitled (Folded Meters): one work
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
98
Anish Kapoor
Reverse Perverse, from Door Cycle
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
99
Anish Kapoor
Untitled (ring object)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
Sold for £4,750
100
Anish Kapoor
Svayambh (Selfish)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
Sold for £1,000
101
Imi Knoebel
IT
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
102
Imi Knoebel
Mennige (Red Lead)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,625
103
Imi Knoebel
Gelbe Fahne (Yellow Flag)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,188
104
Imi Knoebel
Tür und Tor (Door and Gate), from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,813
105
Jeff Koons
Puppy
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £4,375
106
Jeff Koons
FUN, from Sequences
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,250
107
Jeff Koons
Donkey (Colored)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,000
108
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
109
Various Artists
Re-Object/Mythos
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
110
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled (Finestra)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
111
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled (Smoke)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
112
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled, from Wall Works
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
113
Jannis Kounellis
Frammenti di danza (Fragments of Dance)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
114
Jannis Kounellis
Senza titolo (Untitled), Trittico (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,375
115
William Kentridge
Atlas Confessions (Maps)
Estimate £1,800 - 2,000
Sold for £4,000
116
William Kentridge
Atlas Confessions
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800
Sold for £3,375
117
Joseph Kosuth
L'Essence de la rhétorique est dans l'allégorie IV (The Essence of Rhetoric is in Allegory IV), from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
118
Joseph Kosuth
Sigla, Finnegans Wake, from Wall Works
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
119
Sherrie Levine
Pharmacie, from Wall Works
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
120
Sol LeWitt
Wall Piece (16 Modules High)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £43,750
121
Sol LeWitt
Arcs and Bands in Color
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
Sold for £10,625
122
Sol LeWitt
Red, Yellow, Blue, and Gray Squares Bordered by a Black Band
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,000
123
Sol LeWitt
Circles Divided into Eight Equal Parts with Colors Superimposed in Each Part
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
124
Sol LeWitt
Wavy Lines on Gray, from Sequences
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,125
125
Richard Long
River Avon Mud Drawings, from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,250
126
Robert Longo
Joanna and Larry, from Men in the Cities
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £68,750
127
Robert Longo
Government
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,125
128
Robert Longo
Essentials, from Forty Are Better Than One
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,750
129
Robert Longo
End of the Season
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,750
130
Robert Mapplethorpe
Mirror Image
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
131
Paul Morrison
Hilum, from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
132
Sarah Morris
Endeavor (Los Angeles), from Door Cycle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
133
Sarah Morris
William Morris (Los Angeles)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,750
134
Sarah Morris
1980 (Rings)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,188
135
Tony Oursler
Fool, from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
136
Jorge Pardo
Untitled, from Door Cycle
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £4,750
137
Sigmar Polke
S. schmeckt Pfirsich von H. (S. Tastes Peach from H.)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,625
138
Nam June Paik
Video Sonata op. 56
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,250
139
Nam June Paik
TV Tulips: three works
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £4,750
140
Nam June Paik
Born Again
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £30,000
141
Nam June Paik
Self-Portrait
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £25,000
142
Giulio Paolini
Vis-à-vis (Hera), from Wall Works
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
143
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Affresco - 5, from Wall Works
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
144
Thomas Ruff
Portraits
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
145
Thomas Ruff
Nudes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
146
Thomas Ruff
l.m.v.d.r
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
147
Thomas Ruff
Houses
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,563
148
Thomas Ruff
Zeitungsphotos (Newspaper Photographs)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
149
Thomas Ruff
Maschinen (Machines)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
150
Thomas Ruff
Sterne (Stars)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
151
Thomas Ruff
Jpegs II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
152
Ed Ruscha and Jean-Marc Bustamante
L'Horizon Chimérique (The Chimeric Horizon)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £3,000
153
Julian Schnabel
Malfi, from Sequences
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £2,750
154
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
155
Santiago Sierra
Door Plate
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
156
Santiago Sierra
Aviso Público (Public Notice), from Door Cycle
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
157
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled, from Door Cycle
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
158
Thomas Schütte
Regal (Shelf), from Door Cycle
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
159
David Salle
Theme for an Aztec Moralist
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800
Sold for £1,250
160
Rosemarie Trockel
Bibliothek Babylon (Library Babylon)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
161
Rosemarie Trockel
Falling Blue, Rising Red, from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
162
Luc Tuymans
Wenn der Frühling kommt (When Spring Comes)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,125
163
Luc Tuymans
Altar
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £3,750
164
Luc Tuymans
Slide, from Door Cycle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
165
Richard Tuttle
Onoma
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,250
166
Jeff Wall
Torso
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,750
167
Franz West
Haini
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £4,000
168
Rachel Whiteread
Poly Shelf
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,000
169
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Nets)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
170
Kara Walker
Pastoral, from Wall Works
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,500
171
Lawrence Weiner
Aphorism-Archimedes, from Wall Works
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £21,250
172
Andy Warhol
Neuschwanstein
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £35,000
173
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Piero Della Francesca, Madonna del Duca da Montefeltro, circa 1472)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £22,500
174
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £243,750
175
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Paolo Uccello, St. George and the Dragon, 1460)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,500
176
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,500
177
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £62,500
178
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,500
179
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys in Memoriam, from For Joseph Beuys
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £32,500
180
Andy Warhol
Goethe
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £100,000

Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019

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Joseph Beuys

Painting Version 1-90

Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One