Beuys & Warhol, New York 1979, photography by ZOA, one of nine signed by Warhol
View Similar Items
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10
Joseph BeuysBeuys & Warhol, New York 1979, photography by ZOA, one of nine signed by Warhol1982
1982
About the Item
- Creator:Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986, German)
- Creation Year:1982
- Dimensions:Height: 24.02 in (61 cm)Width: 27.96 in (71 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Cologne, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU134427998612
Joseph Beuys
Beuys was born in Krefeld, Germany in 1921. Several months after his birth, the family moved to Kleve, close to the German-Dutch border. His talent for drawing was immediately spotted, and he visited the studio of the Flemish painter Achilles Moorgat as a child, which he later cites as inspirational to his own desires to pursue a career as an artist. In 1936, Beuys became a member of the compulsory Hitler Youth, and after graduating from school in 1941 he volunteered for the Luftwaffe. He began military training under the tutelage of Heinz Sielmann, and simultaneously attended lectures in Biology and Zoology. In 1942, Beuys was stationed in the Crimea.
In 1944, Beuys’ plane crashed on the Crimean Front. Following this incident, Beuys was deployed to the Western Front, where in 1945 he was taken prisoner in Cuxhaven and bought to a British internment camp. He was released on the 5th of August, 1945, returning home to Kleve. Following his return home, Beuys joined the Kleve Artists Association, and enrolled in the Monumental Sculpture program at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. In 1947, Beuys co-founded the artistic group Donnerstag-Gesellschaft which organized discussions, exhibitions, events and concerts between 1947 and 1950.
In 1951, Beuys shared a studio with Erwin Heerich that he kept for three years until after his graduation. Beuys graduated as a master student in 1953, and throughout the 1950s, struggled to successfully live off the income his art was bringing in. In 1961, Beuys was appointed a professor at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1964, Beuys’ performance at the Technical College Aachen began his launch into public consciousness. The following year, Beuys held a solo exhibition at the Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. Two years later, Beuys exhibited solo in Austria and Germany again, which he continued to do almost yearly throughout his career. In 1975-1976, Beuys represented Germany at the Venice Biennale. In 1979, Beuys held an exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and represented Germany at the Venice Biennale once more in 1980. There was a retrospective held for Beuys in 1984 at the Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo. Notably, Beuys was given a retrospective at the Tate Modern, London in 2005 and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2008, and has been at the center of the international art scene since.
Beuys is collected worldwide, including at the Galerie aKonzept, Berlin; the Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich; the Nohra Haime Gallery, New York; the Galerie Kluser, Munich; the Galerie Schwarzer, Dusseldorf; the Richard Saltoun Gallery, Londoon and the Plazzart Paris, France.
About the Seller
No Reviews Yet
Recognized Seller
These prestigious sellers are industry leaders and represent the highest echelon for item quality and design.
1stDibs seller since 2020
6 sales on 1stDibs
More From This SellerView All
- "Little Landscape on the High Seas", abstract print, signed and numbered 41/200By Dieter RothLocated in Cologne, DEDieter Roth (1930-1998) was born in Hannover, Germany and grew up in Zürich, Switzerland. He started an apprenticeship as an advertising graphic designer and took private lessons in ...Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Landscape Prints
MaterialsLinocut, Black and White
You May Also Like
- Bandstand, Eastbourne - Black & White Set of Three Framed PhotographsBy Samuel FieldLocated in Cambridge, GB'Bandstand', set of three framed artworks, captured on a visit to his grandparents at the British seaside in Eastbourne, this collection by Samuel Field is a beautiful reminder of da...Category
20th Century Post-War Black and White Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin
- Paul Newman in the motion picture "Cool Hand Luke", black and white portraitBy Lawrence SchillerLocated in Palm Desert, CAThis black and white portrait of actor Paul Newman was taken by Lawrence Schiller in 1967 on the set of the movie "Cool Hand Luke". A silver gelatin photograph by Post War artist Larry Schiller. This celebrity photograph...Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Black and White Photography
MaterialsSilver Gelatin
- Anthony Perkins, Silver Gelatin PrintBy Jack RobinsonLocated in Memphis, TNAnthony Perkins was the son of the distinguished Broadway actor Osgood Perkins. He won an Academy Award nomination in just his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). In 1960, he appeared as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Psycho, and from then on, Perkins was strongly identified with that one role. When photographed by Jack Robinson on May 21, 1968, Perkins had just made Pretty Poison playing a mentally disturbed man opposite Tuesday Weld. He was married to the photographer Berry Berenson...Category
1960s Black and White Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
- Claude Chabrol, Silver Gelatin PrintBy Jack RobinsonLocated in Memphis, TNThe French director Claude Chabrol was one of the Cahiers du Cinéma critics who became filmmakers. Chabrol’s film Le Beau Serge (1958) is considered to be the first film of the Frenc...Category
1970s Black and White Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Silver Gelatin PrintBy Jack RobinsonLocated in Memphis, TNItalian director Bernardo Bertolucci, born in Parma and the son of poets, was himself a published poet at the age of eighteen. He moved into films at twenty as an assistant director to Pier Paolo Pasolini, himself a poet turned filmmaker. When Jack Robinson photographed the twenty-eight year old Bertolucci on April 12, 1969, he had not yet started filming on The Conformist (1970) featuring the actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Dominique Sanda. In Vogue, Bertolucci is described as “a shy man who moves the way he speaks and smiles, gently but cautiously, with sleepy brown eyes on the lookout for the worst”. As a filmmaker, he would achieve notoriety for Last Tango in Paris...Category
1960s Black and White Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
- Julie Christie, Silver Gelatin PrintBy Jack RobinsonLocated in Memphis, TNJulie Christie was born in Assam, India where her father was a British tea planter. Educated in England and France, she developed into a stage actress, ...Category
1960s Black and White Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin