Lot 132
Suite Schwurhand (Suite Oath Hand): three plates (S. 345, 361, 363)
Sold
£1,080
Est £1,200 - £1,800
Live Auction
EVENING & DAY EDITIONS
ARTIST
Joseph Beuys
Size
two S. 56.5 x 45.4 cm (22 1/4 x 17 7/8 in.) one S. 75.9 x 56.5 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Description

Including Hirsch (Stag); Schwan (Swan); and Blitz und Bienenkönigin (Lightning and Queen Bee)

Medium
Three lithographs with etching and aquatint in colours, with Chine-collé to grey BFK Rives paper (as issued), the full sheets.
Signature
All signed in pencil, two annotated 'gut zum Druck' in pencil, Hirsch (Stag) with the artist's Hauptstrom ink stamp, Blitz und Bienenkönigin dedicated 'a.p. 2/5 für Joan Barbara' in pencil (two bon à tirer or 'good to print' impressions, and one artist's proof, the edition was 75 in Arabic numerals and 25 in Roman numerals), published by Grafos Verlag, Vaduz, all framed.
Literature
Jörg Schellmann 345, 361, 363 Ars Publicata, Joseph Beuys – The Multiples, 345, 361, 363