Artist:
Joseph Beuys
Artwork:
Die Intelligenz Des Wasservogels (The Intelligence Of The Water Bird)
Size:
28.6 x 21 cm
Medium:
Watercolour and pencil on two sheets of paper
Creation year:
1956
Marks:
Signed, titled and dated 56
Category:
Drawings
Provenance:
Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf; Fann und Willy Schniewind, Neviges (acquired from the previous in 1956); Thence by descent to the present owner in 1980
Exhibition history:
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Duitse Kunst van Heden, September - November 1964, no. 21; Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Surrealitat-Bildrealitat, December 1974 - February 1975, no. 8
Sotheby's London
Date:
2017-10-05
Lot Number:
14
Low Estimate:
$95025
[+171%]
High Estimate:
$122175
[+111%]
Hammer Price:
$257924
Sold For:
$321387