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Joseph Beuys was born in 1921 in Krefeld, Germany. He traveled extensively throughout his life, was wounded five times during the war, lectured, preformed and exhibited at a variety of venues and was part of the Fluxus multi-media art movement in the 1960s that was strong in both the United States and Germany. Professor of Monumental Sculpture at the Dusseldorf Academy from 1961-72, Beuys set out to prove that the old concept of art--that of painting and sculpture--was outgrown. In Untitled, Beuys has sketched a recognizable cane and some sort of animal or figure, perhaps tied up at the limbs. It recalls many of Beuys' performances, in which he was often a shepherd character accompanied by animals.
Source: DMAC Gallery Guide, Styles of the Times: The 1960s, May 1 - Jun 28, 1998
Exhibition History"Style of the Times: The 1960s," Des Moines Art Center, May 1 - June 28, 1998
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.35
Exhibition History"Style of the Times: The 1960s," Des Moines Art Center, May 1 - June 28, 1998
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.35
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (21 × 14.6 cm)
Image: 4 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (11.1 × 8.9 cm)
Image: 4 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (11.1 × 8.9 cm)
Accession Number 1976.98
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
SignedBeuys (l,c graphite)
ProvenanceArtist. John C. Stoller, Minneapolis [acquired by 1976]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1976]