JOSEPH BEUYS | VOR GESUCHTE WERKZEUGSRAUM [SOUGHT OUT TOOL SHED]

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Property of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Sold to Benefit the Art Fund
JOSEPH BEUYS
1921 - 1986
VOR GESUCHTE WERKZEUGSRAUM [SOUGHT OUT TOOL SHED]

signed, titled, dated 1958 and inscribed: für Remi und Thomas Messer N.Y. N.Y. 1.1.1980 on the reverse
ink on paper
Sheet: 29⅞ by 19¾ in. (75.8 by 50.2 cm.)
Framed: 31¾ by 22¼ in. (80.7 by 56.5 cm.)

Condition Report:
This work is in very good condition overall. There is discoloration to the sheet consistent with the age of the work. There is some adhesive residue along the edges of the sheet on the reverse from prior hinging, not affecting the face of the work. There is scattered soft creasing throughout the sheet, visible upon close inspection.

Provenance:
Collection of Thomas and Remi Messer, New York (gift of the artist in January 1980)

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York